A wildfire on Knox Mountain in Kelowna that spurred the evacuation of more than 400 properties Saturday afternoon is now being held.
The City of Kelowna closed Knox Mountain Park until further notice.
She said Kelowna deals with the prospect of wildfires every summer and they’re “always in the back of our mind here in the Okanagan region.” This year’s wildfire season has been particularly devastating elsewhere in B.C., with more than 9,620 square kilometres burned since April 1, said Pedro Roldan-Delgado, a fire information officer with the Prince George Fire Centre.Article content
The Ittsi Creek wildfire north of Fort Nelson has shut down part of Highway 77 near the B.C. boundary with the Northwest Territories, and Roldan-Delgado said crews are waiting to see “if that fire will impact the highway more and they will start actioning it if it does.”
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