Peachland - Mount Eneas (Brent Road)

madadam · Post by **madadam** » Jul 17th, 2018, 9:51 pm

Fire department is watching fire in this area but its out of their district so another one for Forestry. They do report seeing flames.

Nationalpro · Post by **Nationalpro** » Jul 17th, 2018, 9:55 pm

9:30pm view of fire from waterfront in Lower Mission

tsayta · Post by **tsayta** » Jul 17th, 2018, 10:15 pm

Looks like same as the 'above gormsns' fire

Frisk · Post by **Frisk** » Jul 18th, 2018, 11:34 am

Quite a bit of smoke coming off this one right now.

tsayta · Post by **tsayta** » Jul 18th, 2018, 3:55 pm

Getting reports here highway closed both directions

lakeviewgirl · Post by **lakeviewgirl** » Jul 18th, 2018, 3:58 pm

tsayta wrote:Getting reports here highway closed both directions

Where did you hear that?

Symbonite · Post by **Symbonite** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:07 pm

I just hear that too they closed it both ways

Post by **Troy** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:08 pm

https://twitter.com/DriveBC/status/1019712591759732736

CLOSED - #BCHwy97 in both directions between #Peachland and #Summerland due to a forest fire. Detour available via #BCHwy97C, #BCHwy5A, #BCHwy3. Assessment in progress, next update at 4:30pm. More info: http://bit.ly/2zRlrOR
3:36 PM - 18 Jul 2018

Lore · Post by **Lore** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:09 pm

https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-s ... htm#231731

brandon_18 · Post by **brandon_18** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:10 pm

Can see a lot of smoke looking south from Kelowna right now. Smell is quite strong too!

madadam · Post by **madadam** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:21 pm

http://peachland.info/

Webcam doesnt show fire but lots of smoke.

Whyme2 · Post by **Whyme2** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:30 pm

Why is it we don’t take these fires seriously until the wind picks up and it gets out of hand, have we not learnt yet? :-X

my5cents · Post by **my5cents** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:35 pm

I love how they state "detour via..." like it's nothing

No detour West Kelowna to Summerland via Hwy 97 is 38 minutes 38.8 kms
Detour West Kelowna to Summerland via Hwy 33 is 3 hrs 28 min 270 kms
Detour West Kelowna to Summerland via Hwy 5A/Aspen Grove/Princeton is 3 hrs 7 min 281 kms

That's not a "detour" that's a Sunday drive !

Gee, does anyone think that we need a reliable alternate route North and South ??

southy · Post by **southy** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:49 pm

my5cents wrote:I love how they state "detour via..." like it's nothing

No detour West Kelowna to Summerland via Hwy 97 is 38 minutes 38.8 kms
Detour West Kelowna to Summerland via Hwy 33 is 3 hrs 28 min 270 kms
Detour West Kelowna to Summerland via Hwy 5A/Aspen Grove/Princeton is 3 hrs 7 min 281 kms

That's not a "detour" that's a Sunday drive !

Gee, does anyone think that we need a reliable alternate route North and South ??

Chute Lake Road .. About an hour.

artistwithaflare · Post by **artistwithaflare** » Jul 18th, 2018, 4:51 pm

Traffic is at a stand still to Peachland...just heard the Hwy is now closed.

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