KELOWNA – The BC Wildfire Service, in conjunction with BC Parks and the Okanagan Shuswap Resource District, plans to burn 200 piles of wood debris, located along June Springs Road in Myra-Bellevue Provincial park, approximately 10 kilometres south of Kelowna. This is part of an ongoing fuels management project supporting the City of Kelowna’s Community Wildfire Resiliency Program (CWRP) and was originally started in 2020.
Burning for the project may take place as early as Oct. 14, 2024, and go until December. Staff from the BC Wildfire Service will carefully prepare, control and monitor these fires. Smoke and/or flames may be visible from Kelowna and surrounding areas.
Activities such as pile burning help reduce wildfire hazards by reducing accumulations of fuels (e.g., dead wood or brush) on the landscape. The exact timing of the burns will depend on site, weather, venting and snow conditions. Burning will proceed only if conditions are favourable.
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Contact:
Mark Weston
Parks and Protected Areas Section Head
BC Parks
778 622-6892
Mark.Weston@gov.bc.ca
Fire Information Officer
Kamloops Fire Centre
BC Wildfire Service
250 554-5965
BCWS.KFCInfo@gov.bc.ca
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