Premier Christy Clark, MLA Linda Larson and Forest Minister Steve Thomson dropped into Oliver to thank volunteers and local firemen at the emergency evacuation centre.

She touched on two points – the tremendous jobs that volunteers do in the middle of any emergency.

The premier also said it is totally not-acceptable that drones would be flying in the middle of a forest fire incident – grounding helicopters and other aerial support.

The crowd small, some evacuees, volunteers, firefighters and their families, forestry officials, RDOS, Towns of Osoyoos and Oliver.