UPDATE: 10:32 a.m.<\/p>\n
The Bradley Creek wildfire burning north of Westside Road near Vernon has now grown to 200 hectares. <\/p>\n
The blaze was discovered on Friday, July 31, and has quickly jumped to its current size in less than 24 hours. <\/p>\n
\u201cFire growth and size for this incident is predominately attributed to the grassy fuel type which burns fast and makes for a quicker rate of spread,\u201d said BCWS.<\/p>\n
The fire is burning out of control and is suspected to be human caused. <\/p>\n
The Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) issued an evacuation alert this morning for a number of properties. <\/p>\n
BCWS is assisting the OKIB Fire Department with the blaze. <\/p>\n
There are currently seven Initial Attack Crews, four helicopters and a Structure Protection Specialist responding to the fire. <\/p>\n
\u201cCrews are focusing efforts on the north\/northeast and south and southwest areas of the fire,\u201dsaid BCWS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are working off of existing roads to establish guard and extending hose-lay for water delivery to support direct attack and water delivery to the fire\u2019s edge. Helicopters are also providing bucketing support to help slow fire growth up slope and cool down hotspots.\u201d<\/p>\n
UPDATE: 9:09 a.m.<\/p>\n
The Okanagan Indian Band, in recommendation of BC Wildfire Service, has expanded its evacuation alert.<\/p>\n
The extension of affected properties includes the following areas: East of Six Mile Road, North of Westside Road to Mary Emeralds Bay Road. It also includes and is not limited to Royal Road, Marchand Road, Pebble Park Lane, Louis Road and all other properties that access off Westside Road within the mapped area.<\/p>\n
This includes the following properties:<\/p>\n
Properties along Bonneau Road;
\nProperties along Pebble Park Lane;
\nProperties along Louis Road;
\nProperties along Six Mile Road
#7
#11
#13
\nProperties along Marchand Road
#18
#29
\nProperties along Royal Road
#7
#15
\nProperties north of Westside Road
11454 Westside Road
11450 Westside Road
11452 Westside Road
11458 Westside Road
11486 Westside Road
11482 Westside Road
11282 Westside Road
11284 Westside Road
11298 Westside Road
11300 Westside Road
11304 Westside Road
11310 Westside Road
11310 Westside Road
11322 Westside Road
11324 Westside Road
11332 Westside Road
11385 Westside Road.<\/p>\n
Everyone who lives at these residences need to be ready to leave at a moment\u2019s notice. <\/p>\n
UPDATE: AUG 1, 8:04 a.m.<\/p>\n
The Wildfire burning off Westside Road near Vernon has grown overnight and is now approximately 100 hectares, according to BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). <\/p>\n
Discovered Friday night on July 31, the fire is burning near the Okanagan Indian Band. <\/p>\n
The Okanagan Indian Band issued an evacuation alert earlier in the day for a number of properties along Bonneau Road, Pebble Park Lane, Louis Road, properties along any roads north of Westside Road between Bonneau and Komasket Road. <\/p>\n
The alert is also in place for Westside Road addresses 11454, 11450, 11452, 11458, 11486 and 11482. <\/p>\n
More to come.<\/p>\n
UPDATE: SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 6:42 A.M.: <\/p>\n
The Okanagan Indian Band\u2019s Emergency Operations Centre, based on BC Wildfire Service recommendation has issued an Evacuation Alert for the following properties: <\/p>\n
* Properties along Bonneau Road
* Properties along Pebble Park Lane
* Properties along Louis Road
* Properties along any roads north of Westside Road between Bonneau Road and Komasket Road
* 11454 Westside Road
* 11450 Westside Road
* 11452 Westside Road
* 11458 Westside Road
* 11486 Westside Road
* 11482 Westside Road <\/p>\n
This alert has been issued due to the Bradley Creek Wildfire (K41351). BC Wildfire Service<\/p>\n
Additional information will be shared on OKIB.ca and OKIB Facebook page as it becomes available.<\/p>\n
UPDATE: SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 6:07 A.M.:<\/p>\n
The Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) and BC Wildfire Services (BCWS)crews are battling a wildfire off Westside Road.<\/p>\n
The Bradley Creek Fire (K41351) broke out Friday evening, July 31, and is listed Saturday, Aug. 1, as 10 hectares in size and classified as under control on the BCWS website.<\/p>\n
Out of control is defined as a a wildfire spreading or anticipated to spread beyond the current perimeter or control line.<\/p>\n
OKIB has been providing updates to its members on social media. <\/p>\n
Shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, the band said its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has been activated at Level 1 to support situational awareness, coordinator, and ongoing monitoring of the incident.<\/p>\n
The band reiterated in its last post that, at this time, no homes or other structures are threatened.<\/p>\n
Community members are asked to avoid the area, and allow emergency personnel to safely carry out their work.<\/p>\n
More details, said the band, will be provided as they become available.<\/p>\n
ORIGINAL STORY<\/p>\n
A 10-hectare wildfire is burning north of Westside Road in the Bradley Creek area.<\/p>\n
The blaze was first reported on July 31, however, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) updated information regarding the incident at 2 a.m. Aug. 1.<\/p>\n
The out-of-control wildfire is expected to spread beyond the current perimeter and is believed to be human-caused.<\/p>\n
On Friday, BCWS warned that weather conditions over the long weekend could increase the hazard of wildfires and lead to challenging conditions for those fighting them.<\/p>\n
A cold front is forecast to move across much of the province this weekend, bringing thunderstorms and strong, gusty winds. By the time this activity reaches the Southern Interior, it will come with little or no rainfall.<\/p>\n
Due to hot and dry conditions and continued drought, fuels are increasingly susceptible, and it is likely that new lightning-caused wildfires may result.<\/p>\n
More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: 10:32 a.m. The Bradley Creek wildfire burning north of Westside Road near Vernon has now grown to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,6090],"class_list":["post-840994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}