BC Weather and Wildfire Update

BRITISH COLUMBIA —There are now 418 active wildfires across British Columbia, 188 are classified as out of control. Over 30 sparked in the past 24 hours, mostly caused by lightning in coastal regions.

Kelowna Airport and Salmon Arm did not get any of the forecasted rain in their areas, but did bring stronger gusts. The wind forced Central Okanagan Emergency Operations to expand its evacuation alert for the McDougall Creek wildfire.

Residents of West Kelowna’s Glenrosa and Westbank neighborhoods could be forced to evacuate on short notice, along with owners of a number of properties at the Westbank First Nation north of Highway 97.

The province did see some rainfall, the recent storms brought some precipitation to parts of the Fraser Canyon, Lytton recorded 1.6 millimeters of rain yesterday, August 29th.

The Kookipi Creek wildfire continues to burn, forcing the closure of Highway 1 just north of Boston Bar.