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Small-scale planned hand ignitions may continue to remove unburnt fuel and strengthen containment lines for the McDougall Creek wildfire. Weather continues to be a factor to bring the fire under contr...

400 properties remain under evacuation order for the McDougall Creek wildfire while 12,300 are still on alert on the west side. BC Wildfire says planned burns that create a lot of evening smoke above ...

The McDougall Creek wildfire is still very visible when planned burns take place. Most are happening on the west to northwest side of Carrot Mountain as crews work to get rid of fuel and bring the fir...

The McDougall Creek wildfire remains classified as out of control. There could be an increase in smoke and bucketing helicopters in the next few days as crews will try for planned burns of about 400 h...

Back to school today so don't forget that the school zones are once again in effect and the school buses are running. School zones in the Central Okanagan are from 730 a.m. to 5 p.m. When a school bus...

The McDougall Creek wildfire was last estimated at 13,712 hectares. The growth of the fire is a result of planned ignition operations and growth in the Powers Creek Drainage. Increased fire behaviour ...

It may not look like it from some vantage points, but there is still a lot of fire burning up behind West Kelowna according to fire chief Jason Brolund. He says the position of the wildfire in the Pow...

*Highway 97 still closed just north of Summerland. Next update on DriveBC at 8am The Emergency Operations Centre expanded the evacuation alert area for the McDougall Creek Fire to include a good porti...

'Response to Recovery' is the theme now as BC Wildfire and West Kelowna's fire department are the ones tackling the McDougall Creek wildfire. All Smith Creek residents were allowed to go home yesterda...

More residents were able to return home on the weekend as evacuation orders were lifted and in some cases alerts were lifted as well. There are still a few properties on evac order in West Kelowna and...