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. […]

Large format pictures Press to enlarge Fire close to substation Blaze appears to be burning itself out – a great deal of grey smoke on the eastern side of valley. 120 hectares – labelled the Eagle Bluff Fire Shot from across the valley – Wilson Mtn. Off Hwy 97 at McIntyre* Dam

An early sun rise will shed some light on Forest Fire burning on top of Gallagher Lake Bluff and to the north of it –  in Vaseux Creek Canyon. This area is not heavily timbered but what fuel there is burning and in a night sky looks more dramatic than the “fight” in the morning. […]

An Evacuation Alert has been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre (RDOS EOC). The RDOS EOC has placed several properties under Evacuation Alert due to a wildfire north of Oliver in Electoral Area “C.” All properties on the east side of BC Highway 97, extending south from McIntyre Creek Road to […]

Exactly what this was is – not really known – Firefighters dispatched to OIB location on McKinney Rd – east of Sandpoint Drive around the supper hour. Some concern by police – accident of some kind involving an older SUV – attended by three units of the Oliver Fire Department, one ambulance and 3 police […]