re-entry guide<\/a> for information on food and appliance disposal.<\/p>\nHighway 97 between Penticton and Peachland remains open.<\/p>\n
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ORIGINAL:<\/p>\n
Cooler weather brought on by last night\u2019s storms will provide some respite from high fire activity on the Bald Range wildfire.<\/p>\n
Around six to seven mm of rain fell on the north side of the fire \u2013 which remains \u2018out-of-control at an estimated 25,021 hectares in size \u2013 which assisted firefighting efforts on that flank, according to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).<\/p>\n
The blaze is still expected to be active on the fire\u2019s southern and western flanks, as the south received \u201cminimal\u201d rain during yesterday\u2019s thunderstorm. <\/p>\n
Fire activity on Saturday night, Aug. 22 saw Rank 1 and Rank 2 behaviour on active flanks.<\/p>\n
Sunday, Aug. 23 is also predicted to have cool, windy and humid weather \u201cwhich will moderate fire behaviour along active flanks over the short term.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking to Aug. 24, the region is expected to enter another \u201cwarming and drying\u201d trend which could increase fire activity and behaviour on the south and west as fine fuels dry out.<\/p>\n
Operations<\/p>\n
Crews seem to be making good progress on the north-end of the fire, as operations on this flank are \u201cnearing completion\u201d as they continue to conduct mop up and patrols. <\/p>\n
To the west, more crews will be supporting BCWS\u2019 heavy equipment task force on building a contingency line further from the fire\u2019s edge. <\/p>\n
In the south, crews are focusing to suppress the fire in the Brent Mountain Protected Area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are building a contingency line south of Isintok Lake and west of Brent Mountain as a precautionary measure; should fire activity challenge our primary control lines,\u201d BCWS said in an update.<\/p>\n
\u201cStructure protection mop up around homes and other values in Summerland and surrounding areas has been completed. Ground crews will continue to patrol these areas and douse any hotspots. Thermal scans will be used to identify areas of heat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overall, BCWS are maintaining 24-hour operations with ground crews, structure protection personnel, heavy equipment and aviation resources (bucketing helicopters, night-vision equipped helicopters, and airtanker support).<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No growth on Summerland\u2019s Bald Range wildfire, evaction orders remain Published 7:02 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 By…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,79004,87674],"class_list":["post-869194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-okanagan","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869194","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=869194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}