The BC Wildfire Service continues to respond to the McDougall Creek wildfire (K52767) adjacent to West Kelowna, the Walroy Lake wildfire (K52808) adjacent to Glenmore and the Clarke Creek wildfire (K42815) on the west side of Lake Country.
Across the complex responder safety and protection of critical infrastructure, life and property continue to be the priority for all agencies. Structure protection personnel, engines, water tenders and trailers from communities across the province have been arriving throughout the day, along with additional BC Wildfire crews, to support structure protection and structure defense efforts. Structure protection involves the triage and set up of equipment for the protection of properties and critical infrastructure, while structure defence involves suppressing active fire as it advances towards properties and critical infrastructure.
For more information on structure protection during wildfires visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/.../wildfire.../structure-protection
The video attached shows a number of these structure protection resources that arrived first thing this morning, gathering in West Kelowna for their in briefing before heading out to the incidents in the complex.
For up-to-date information on these wildfires please visit the appropriate incident pages.
McDougall Creek wildfire (K52767): https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents...
Walroy Lake wildfire (K52808): https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents...
Clarke Creek wildfire (K42815): https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents...
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