{"id":106436,"date":"2025-07-31T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/106436\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:44:13","slug":"wildfire-north-of-peachland-triggers-tactical-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/106436\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire north of Peachland triggers \u2018tactical evacuations\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Emergency officials said they were conducting \u201ctactical evacuations\u201d of about 400 properties north of Peachland due to an out-of-control wildfire on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fire, burning between Peachland and West Kelowna at Drought Hill, is currently estimated at 12 hectares in size, and has also forced significant closures to Highway 97 and Highway 97-C.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Okanagan Regional District has activated its emergency operations centre, and says municipal and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bc-wildfire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BC Wildfire<\/a> Service firefighters are responding.<\/p>\n<p>The evacuations affect properties east of Trepanier Bench Road, south of Highway 97C and north of Highway 97. An emergency reception centre has been established at Peachland Community Centre, 4450 6th Street.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'B.C. warns of increased fire risk going into August long weekend'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WEB_MN_MIKE_FLANNIGAN_JULY_30TH.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:10<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB.C. warns of increased fire risk going into August long weekend\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11310950\/bc-tsunami-advisory-russia-earthquake\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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report\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Kelowna RCMP is warning people to stay out of the area on the ground and in Okanagan Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Boaters are also being told to stay well away, as firefighting aircraft will need to dip in to pick up water.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Officials believe the fire was sparked by a truck carrying a piece of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Ministry says\u00a0Highway 97 is closed in both directions between Peachland and the Highway 97-C junction.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 97-C is also closed between the Highway 5A junction and the Highway 97 junction.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Emergency officials said they were conducting \u201ctactical evacuations\u201d of 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