by Audrey MacNaughton Several skimmers used Vaseux Lake to load and then off to fight the fire.   by Julie Martineau

Fire has grown to 200 hectares. BCWS says this is primarily a better reading of the fire in daylight. BC Wildfire Service has also dispatched a structure protection specialist to assess residences in the evacuation alert area. Structure Protection Units have been deployed to the incident as well. One such unit dispatched Manuel’s Canyon on […]

Update on info here and below – pictures show the view many different locations and in context. Fire information officer Hannah Swift says the fire is estimated at 1.2 square kilometres in size, but crews have not been able to see its full eastern flank due to smoke and power lines in the area that […]

North of Oliver Eagle Bluff Fire Monday – BC Day August 5th Three choppers spotted fighting the fire. One report of a skimmer ( small plane )

10: 30 am The Canyon (Vaseux Creek) Large format picture – press to enlarge Prevailing winds from north sending smoke south and east. At fire scene – relatively clear is most of the valley area to Oliver and beyond. Only one chopper working at the moment dipping into the Okanagan River north of the dam. […]