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Update: Okanagan Mountain Park fire holds at 400 hectares

The wildfire, also called Goodesa国际传媒檚 Creek wildfire, continues to burn near Kelowna
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UPDATE: 10 p.m.

The Goodesa国际传媒檚 Creek wildfire in Okanagan Mountain Park is holding at 400 hectares and remains active.

That was according to the BC Wildfire Services afternoon update.

sa国际传媒漈his fire is burning in an old burn. This makes it less likely to exhibit the extreme fire behavior consistent with big timber fuels,sa国际传媒 writes the BC Wildfire Service.

sa国际传媒淭he fire continues to burn up and away from the residences.sa国际传媒

Evacuation alerts for properties along Lakeshore Road were lifted Friday, July 20.

Related: Okanagan Wildfires: The latest on wildfires and evacuations

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Update: 8:20 a.m.

The wildfire has shown no growth overnight.

sa国际传媒淎ll of (fires in the Central Okanagan) stayed within our containment,sa国际传媒 said fire information officer Noelle Kekula.

The fire was sparked by lighting Tuesday.

Original:

The Goodesa国际传媒檚 Creek wildfire in Okanagan Mountain Park continues to burn at 400 hectares and remains active, according to the BC Wildfire Services website.

Evacuation alerts for properties along Lakeshore Road were lifted Friday, July 20.

sa国际传媒淭his fire is burning in old burn. This makes it less likely to exhibit the extreme fire behaviour consistent with big timber fuels. The fire burned up and away from the residences today. This fire was emitting a lot of smoke today, which blew toward Kelowna. Please note that the amount of smoke does not reflect any sort of extreme fire behaviour,sa国际传媒 the website said.

More to come.


carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com

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