UPDATE: No change in size of McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna
‘People must remember, the fire is being held, the fire is not out,’ Lake Country’s mayor cautioned
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‘People must remember, the fire is being held, the fire is not out,’ Lake Country’s mayor cautioned
The Vancouver-based disaster response team Canada Task Force 1 has completed 1,506 rapid damage assessments in the wildfire-ravaged West Kelowna and North Shuswap areas, allowing residents to find out if their homes are safe to return to.
Thirty-one homes in the Skwlax te Secwepemculecw First Nation were lost to the Bush Creek East wildfire, including Kukpi7 James Tomma's.
Canada Task Force 1, a heavy urban search and rescue team, completed more than 500 rapid damage assessments on homes and properties in the area this week.
Officials say about 170 homes and other buildings have been reported damaged or destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region of British Columbia, almost doubling the known structural losses in the province's ravaged Interior.