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Thousands on evacuation alert due to wildfire near West Kelowna
As many as 4,800 properties and Bear Creek Provincial Park were put on evacuation alert…
Winds drive renewed evacuation alerts in West Kelowna
Just when the McDougall Lake Wildfire had pushed far enough away from West Kelowna to…
Evacuation alert expanded near Keremeos
KEREMEOS – The district has expanded the evacuation alert in the rural vicinity of Keremeos…
UPDATE: Evacuation orders near Okanagan Lake Park rescinded
UPDATE: This morning properties on the west side of Highway 97 have been downgraded from…
UPDATE: Some still under evacuation order in the Okanagan
UPDATE: Even with some evacuation orders downgraded to alerts some still cannot return home because…
Brent Road residents are going home but still on evacuation alert
KELOWNA – Brent Road residents are going home for the first time in three days. …
Progress on wildfire east of Kelowna means more people allowed back home
KELOWNA – More people evacuated by the Philpott Road wildfire are going home today. The…
Wildfire evacuees from Loon Lake can return home
KAMLOOPS – The Elephant Hill wildfire is not an imminent threat so property owners in…
No more properties under flood evacuation alert in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – There are no more properties under evacuation alert due to flooding in the…
Wildfire evacuation alert lifted near Oliver
OLIVER – The evacuation alert sparked by the Testalinden Creek fire burning near Oliver has…
UPDATE: More West Kelowna evacuees going home
WEST KELOWNA - Even more Smith Creek wildfire evacuees went home Sunday. As of 5 p.m., the staff at the Emergency Operation Centre lifted the evacuation order for more streets in the Shannon Woods nighbourhood in West Kelowna. The evacuation alert has been lifted for Bartley Road and Lenz Road. About 2,000 of the 2,500 West Kelowna residents...
Evacuation information: What you need to know
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - During fire season, it’s always best to keep an emergency plan in place in case you are under evacuation alert. An alert doesn’t mean you have to leave your home right away, but it’s time to get personal items at the ready in case the alert becomes an evacuation order. DURING AN EVACUATION...