The planned ignitions that took place this afternoon on the Mount Eneas and Munroe Lakes were successful. They are now combined and will be referred to as the Mount Eneas wildfire moving forward. As a result of these two fires merging, this fire is now about 1516 hectares on July 22, 2018.
Image Credit: B.C. Wildfire via Twitter
July 23, 2018 - 7:16 AM
UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire burn operations successfully merged two wildfires together yesterday.
The Munroe Lake wildfire has now become a part of the Mount Eneas Wildfire, B.C. Wildfire’s Twitter account says.
The B.C. Wildfire webpage says the planned event yesterday, July 22, has grown the Mount Eneas Wildfire to 1516 hectares.
Besides the increase in smoke and hectares burning, crews can now access the fire on flatter, safer ground as a result of the burn operations.
It is still too early to celebrate as this fire is still active and classified as out of control.
There are hundreds of properties still on evacuation alert including 698 properties in the Central Okanagan Regional District, 92 properties in the Rural District of Okanagan-Similkameen as well as properties between Jones Flat Road and Wildhorse Road in the District of Summerland.
Five properties in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen are on evacuation orders, as well as all the properties along Garnet Valley Road north of and including Wildhorse Road in the District of Summerland.
For more information:
B.C. Wildfire regularily updates its webpage on the Mount Eneas wildfire here.
Go here for the latest information, evacuation orders and alerts, from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre.
Go here for the latest evacuation orders and alerts from the Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen.
Go here for the latest evacuation orders and alerts from the District of Summerland.
For the latest on road closures go to the Drive B.C. website here.
For the latest information on air quality go here.
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