The Oliver Fire Department would like to thank everyone for the support over the last week. This has been an incredibly aggressive and unpredictable fire. Our crews have been going hard since the start and their hard work has paid off with the amount of structures they have saved. Currently most of the fire has […]
Archives for July 2021
What ?
Local firefighters – on the job 24 hours a day
On the east ridge
Looking spiffy
Smoke everywhere this morning –
There is smoke coming now from the west – likely the Manning Park – Eastgate fire with wind driving the smoke over Testalinda, Hester and Tinhorn. Dense smoke from OK Falls Aggressive fire near Shrike Hill with much smoke from Osoyoos to Gallagher Lake – in the east Photos taken at 6:15 am
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Nk’Mip Creek fire – status report
Size: 6,800.0 hectares Status: Active The fire is classified as Out of Control. Firefighting personnel continue to work overnight to protect structures in/near Shrike subdivision. One hundred firefighters arrived to Canada from Mexico. Their first day on the fireline will be tomorrow. Today, Division A is patrolling and continuing structure protection in the north near […]