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iN VIDEO: Kelowna landfill on fire as UBCO and Quail Ridge evacuate

iN VIDEO: Kelowna landfill on fire as UBCO and Quail Ridge evacuate | iNFOnews.ca
An RCMP officer watches as trees burst into flames at the Glenmore landfill in Kelowna's north end. Credit: TWITTER/@mishika_singh

Kelowna's landfill is on fire and there are reports the employees have been evacuated.

The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre has confirmed wildfire has spread to the landfill on Glenmore Road in the city's north end this afternoon, Aug. 18.

The landfill was closed to all non-commercial traffic earlier today as a result of the wildfires in the Clifton and McKinley Landing areas.

Videos posted to social media show huge flames engulfing trees around the landfill with plumes of smoke.

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Georgina Whitehouse

Georgina Whitehouse

Storytelling illuminates the world. Georgie is a British reporter, currently living in the
Okanagan. After studying for one year at UBCO, Georgie graduated from the University of
Exeter with a first-class honour’s degree in English with Study in North America. For her, the
Okanagan is an area brimming with possibility and filled with a diverse and lively community.
Through her writing she hopes to shine a light on the people who live here and give voice to
those who’s stories might have been unheard. Culture, art, and community fuel her
interests, as she works to uncover what makes the Okanagan so special.

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