The Finlay Creek wildfire southwest of Peachland is pegged at 1,300 hectares as of Thursday morning.

BC Wildfire crews say the fire is currently 15 per cent contained and stayed relatively calm overnight Wednesday.

The fire was first discovered on Saturday and grew significantly in the first 48 hours. Fire crews had pegged the fire at 1,500 hectares on Monday, but dropped it to 1,000 hectares on Tuesday after they had completed better mapping.

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Further growth on the fire yesterday has the size estimate back up at 1,300 hectares.

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91裸聊视频淭his fire is burning in steep terrain, particularly in the northern flank of the fire,91裸聊视频� reports BC Wildfire.

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91裸聊视频淐rews and heavy equipment continue working through the day today on building new guard around the fire91裸聊视频檚 perimeter and conducting hand-ignition operations to reinforce pre-existing guards. The fire remains active, particularly in the southern flank. There is an organized flame front, which is called 91裸聊视频渞ank 391裸聊视频� fire behaviour.91裸聊视频�

The main factors influencing this fire behaviour are terrain and wind speed and direction.

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Crews are working with a Structural Protection Specialist in the southern flank to protect values and structures.

All evacuation alerts remain in place. A detailed map is available showing the approximately 306 affected properties in the Central Okanagan at . For information about properties affected south of Peachland, visit the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen website at

carmen.weld@bpdigital.ca
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