The City of West Kelownasa国际传媒檚 Mayor Gord Milsom is thanking firefighting crews and emergency operations volunteers for their hard work in helping the Glenrosa community as the Mount Law wildfire continues to burn.
First discovered on Sunday (Aug. 15) evening, the Mount Law wildfire grew in size quickly. Later on Sunday night, it was recorded at 200 hectares.
By early Monday (Aug. 16) morning, it was at 800 hectares. Strong winds contributed to the growth of the fire but cooler temperatures and some precipitation have helped calm it down in the last half of this week.
sa国际传媒淭his fire has been a real threat to our community, in particular to the Glenrosa neighbourhood,sa国际传媒 Milsom said in the video.
sa国际传媒淭hankfully, many of our residents have been able to return home, so welcome back and we hope that those remaining residents on evacuation order will also be able to return home soon.sa国际传媒
Thank you, West Kelowna! The Mt. Law Wildfire took a tremendous amount of fire-rescue resources and teams of emergency service workers. We couldnsa国际传媒檛 have done it without the volunteers & the community support. Watch the full video to see Mayor Milsomsa国际传媒檚 thanks to the community.
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He then thanked residents for their patience, cooperation and understanding.
sa国际传媒淥n behalf of our community, I would like to thank all of the firefighters for their heroic work. Thank you to BC Wildfire Services, West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund and the entire team at West Kelowna Fire Rescue.
sa国际传媒淎lso, thank you to the many firefighters that have come from other fire departments located within our province and elsewhere. Isa国际传媒檇 also like to thank all of the folks that have been working hard on our behalf at the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre.sa国际传媒
The Mount Law wildfire currently sits at 800 hectares and is still classified as out of control.
An evacuation order remains for certain properties on MacKinnon Road and Turnbull Road in Glenrosa.
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