This report was first published by the Canadian Press on Aug. 22, 2020. "So now we're getting winds pushing on the fire in a direction that we haven't seen yet, so for us it's really important that we gain and establish control with the winds now pushing in the other direction before we make decisions.". Despite harrowing wind Friday, work by ground and air crews, as well as reduced fuels from the 1994 Garnet wildfire, prevented significant growth of the Christie Mountain wildfire towards Penticton. Sign in or register for your free account, Corruption charges stayed against former Quebec deputy premier, five co-accused, Amusement fair operators ask for support during COVID-19 pandemic, Tories fail to get House of Commons to sit Sunday to debate new COVID-19 aid bill. "We feel very confident that the fire is no longer threatening structures adjacent to the fire in the city of Penticton," he said. He credited the provincial coordination of crews as a key difference between the Christie Mountain fire and the Garnet fire of 1994 that destroyed 18 homes. It is expected BCWS will speak with media alongside the City of Penticton and RDOS at a noon press conference that will be live streamed on Castanet. Mayor John Vassilaki praised citizens for allowing fire crews to freely operate — and for not stopping their vehicles to look at the fire. “Now we are getting winds pushing on the fire in a direction that we haven't seen yet. “We haven’t lifted the [evacuation] order because we haven’t felt 100 per cent comfortable yet, and when we do, we will. "We feel very confident that the fire is no longer threatening structures adjacent to the fire in the city of Penticton," he said. So for us, it’s really important that we gain and establish control, with the winds pushing the other direction before we make any decisions.”. High 30 except 33 near Osoyoos. -- Strong winds that were expected to fuel a wildfire burning south of Penticton, B.C., on Friday failed to do so, officials said Saturday. -- We don’t want to be premature on this,” Dan Taudin-Chabot, operations section chief of the BC Wildfire Service, told a news conference Saturday. Low 10. "Once the cold front passes, the wind shifts 180 and starts going back the other direction," said Taudin-Chabot. The sky is blue this morning in Penticton as crews regroup after a night fighting the Christie Mountain wildfire. family shocked by $22K penalty for breaking mortgage, U.S. woman arrested, Tasered for refusing to wear mask, Tracking every case of COVID-19 in Canada, Mary Trump sues U.S. president and his siblings for fraud, calling it the family 'way of life', Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice, LIVE: Ontario premier gives an update on COVID-19. "We were very fortunate yesterday with the wind event, although it was quite vigorous above Penticton and on the hillsides, it was very soft on the fire," he said. Fifty-five of those pieces of equipment and roughly 110 firefighters were sent back to their communities this morning. "The aviation fleet has been doing an excellent job at holding the fire and buying us time to follow up with crews.". Evacuation Alert lifted for south east Penticton (Note: Visit the RDOS webpage for updates involving homes within the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.) “The size that has been reported has always been an estimate since it has been difficult to track this fire from the ground due to terrain,” BCWS said. The fire has grown only 35 hectares, despite strong southerly winds Friday. Crews continued to build upon progress on the southwest flank, strengthening control lines and reinforcing those at Skaha Provincial Park. The BC Wildfire Service says, despite Friday’s high winds, the blaze has seen minimal fire activity over the last 24 hours and has grown just 35 hectares. They were aided by 16 helicopters and six water tenders. However, fire activity has begun to increase on the fire's southern flank. The Garnet fire burned 55 square kilometres, destroying 18 homes and forcing more than 4,000 residents to flee their homes in 1994.
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