Fire Philpot and 33

Snickerdoodle · Post by **Snickerdoodle** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:21 pm

Does anyone have the online scanner. I have a coworker at work whose husband is trapped on the other side of the hwy where the fire is. They are having to take the logging road to get out.

KVRNut · Post by **KVRNut** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:41 pm

Kelowna has no on-line scanner for Fire Dept.

Hassel99 · Post by **Hassel99** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:42 pm

Looks like winds are pushing it North east. The smoke is clearly visible from Vernon.

Post by **ferri** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:43 pm

You can see it on the Vernon cam: https://www.castanet.net/scenic-web-cams/camera/169/

tsayta · Post by **tsayta** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:44 pm

KVRNut wrote:Kelowna has no on-line scanner for Fire Dept.

Try the north Okanagan or Kamloops Fire on this link. They sometimes share left channel

http://www.scanbc.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Queen K · Post by **Queen K** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:44 pm

Woodenhead wrote:Looks like it's going to be an interesting evening up here in Joe Rich...

Thinking of you up there, let us know how you're doing, k?

Barney Google · Post by **Barney Google** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:44 pm

Far as I know no one is trapped. Philpot road is being evacuated out the far end towards Lake country. Other end of 33 is heading out towards big white and through mccoullough road to Kelowna. Helicopters are dumping water pretty steady flying over our farm. Fire on close enough we can see flames easily. Winds are whipping up big time and swirling around from all directions. It's a bad one folks. Fire crews are on it with the winds they are battling it hard. Haven't seen any retardant planes yet and our power is out so I don't know how long I can keep posting. Will doe my best to keep you updated.

vicali · Post by **vicali** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:46 pm

https://www.windy.com/?49.889,-119.321,12
Windy shows East 30-40km

KVRNut · Post by **KVRNut** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:49 pm

Forestry is trying force the fire to the north east away from the hwy. and structures with air attacks.

Bretbaby · Post by **Bretbaby** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:55 pm

"The Joe Rich blaze is now estimated at 150 hectares in size and burning out of control."

http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/new ... -joe-rich/

Fancy · Post by **Fancy** » Aug 24th, 2017, 3:57 pm

Stay safe Barney Google - prayers for all concerned. Fire looks massive from my viewpoint.

Barney Google · Post by **Barney Google** » Aug 24th, 2017, 4:04 pm

KVRNut wrote:Forestry is trying force the fire to the north east away from the hwy. and structures with air attacks.

Crews up here are doing an incredible job. Amazing. It's a tough battle.

Drip_Torch · Post by **Drip_Torch** » Aug 24th, 2017, 4:06 pm

Keep in mind, MODIS isn't exact, but here's what the first shot looks like

tsayta · Post by **tsayta** » Aug 24th, 2017, 4:10 pm

Looks diminished from here

Barney Google · Post by **Barney Google** » Aug 24th, 2017, 4:14 pm

Crews are pushing the fire away from the hwy and structures. So far we understand they are having some success.

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