Date: Wednesday September 3, 2003
Time: 3:00 p.m.
RECOVERY CENTRE INFO LINES: 869-0386
868-2632
868-2605
BC FOREST SERVICE FIRE INFORMATION: 1 888 336-7378
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EVACUATION ALERT AREA REDUCED IN SIZE
The B.C. Fire Commissioner’s Office has
changed the boundaries of the Evacuation Alert area now in effect in Kelowna as
a result of the Okanagan Mountain Park forest fire.
The Evacuation Alert has been lifted for residents north of Barnaby Road, north
east of Crawford Road, north of Saucier Road and Spiers Road and north east of
the intersection of McCulloch Road and Gulley Road.
Approximately 9,250 residents in the Joe Rich, Gallagher’s Canyon, Uplands/Okaview,
Kettle Valley and Crawford Estates areas, as well as around Hydraulic
(McCulloch) Lake, remain under Evacuation Alert. They should be prepared to
leave their homes on short notice should the Okanagan Mountain Park forest fire
threaten their neighbourhoods.
The new Evacuation Alert area falls within the following boundaries (only the
south or east sides of the following roads are included):
From Okanagan Lake east to Barnaby Road to the west side of Westridge Dirve, to
include all of the Crawford Estates subdivision and along Crawford Road crossing
Stewart Road West and along the east side of Stewart Road West to Saucier Road
and along the south side of Saucier Road north and east to Spiers Road to June
Springs Road and following Gulley Road to McCullough Road on the south side
turning north 100 metres east of Mahonia Drive to include all of Gallagher’s
Canyon Golf Course and subdivision and following the west side of Gallagher’s to
Mission Creek. Then following the south side of Mission Creek to the City of
Kelowna boundary; east on Highway 33 including five kilometres on the north of
Highway 33 East until you reach the east border of the Regional District of the
Central Okanagan; following the Regional District border south and west back to
Okanagan Lake not including those areas currently under Evacuation Order.
Approximately 70 residents who live outside the City’s eastern boundary at the
south end of June Springs Road remain on Evacuation Order as the leading edge of
the fire could threaten their homes if south winds prevail.