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Rock Creek Fire
Commemorative shirts to remember 2015 wildfire season in South Okanagan
PENTICTON – A new fundraising effort will help remember the 2015 wildfire season in the…
Kelowna police detain door-to-door canvasser claiming to be collecting money for Rock Creek fire victims
KELOWNA - Police detained a man who had been canvassing Kelowna neighbourhoods looking for cash he says would go to victims of the Rock Creek fire. Const. Kris Clark of the Kelowna RCMP says in a release that local RCMP found the man in the 1600-block of Lindsay Drive around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept....
B.C. Wildfire reporting progress on Oliver wildfires
OLIVER, B.C. – The wildfires burning in the heart of the Okanagan’s wine country continue to threaten prized vineyards and orchards with scores of residents still out of their homes, but B.C. Wildfire says there has been significant progress in the fight against the blazes. Two fires are raging near the picturesque tourist town of...
Small North Okanagan town bands together for Rock Creek fire victims
GRINDROD - A small community in the North Okanagan area is rallying together for victims of the Rock Creek wildfire. The Riverfront Pub & Grill is organizing a Ride for Rock Creek to assist people affected by an aggressive wildfire east of Osoyoos in the Rock Creek area. The human-caused fire destroyed 30 homes and...
Progress on Rock Creek wildfire, but wind could challenge firefighters
ROCK CREEK – Firefighters have made progress containing the Rock Creek fire east of Osoyoos, but changing weather could be their biggest foe.
Slow but steady progress corralling the Rock Creek wildfire
ROCK CREEK – Progress is being made on the huge wildfire which has destroyed 30 homes and 15 other buildings in the Boundary region.
No sign of rumoured video showing tossed cigarette starting B.C. wildfire
ROCK CREEK – Days after a wildfire destroyed 30 homes in southeast British Columbia, rumoured video of a tossed cigarette that sparked the blaze hasn't been found.
Wildfire in Boundary and South Okanagan destroys 30 homes, forces hundreds to evacuate
OLIVER, B.C. – Residents in southeastern British Columbia are regrouping from an immense and fast-spreading wildfire that has so far wiped out 30 homes and forced hundreds to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs.
Rock Creek wildfire destroys 29 homes
ROCK CREEK, B.C. – Twenty-nine homes have been confirmed lost in an immense wildfire in British Columbia's Boundary region, several days after the blaze sparked and forced hundreds from their homes.
Rock Creek wildfire forces evacuations, burns buildings
ROCK CREEK, B.C. – When Jackie Neugebaur saw towering flames leap from the hills onto a highway next to her campground in British Columbia's Boundary region, she knew she had to run.
Highways closed, smoke fills the sky as wildfires take over Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A hot, dry week followed by a lightning storm that moved through the region has led to an increase in aggressive fire activity in the Kamloops and Southeast Fire Centres today. Currently Highways 33 and 3 are closed because of a 350-hectare wildfire that is growing rapidly near Rock Creek. The fire was...