Kelowna Forest Fire

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Highlights from 11:00 am News Conference 11:44 am
Last night was probably the roughest night in Kelowna firefighting history according to fire Chief Jerry Zimmerman. The Okanagan Mountain Park Forest fire hit Kelowna city limits Friday and destroyed 203 houses. 68 homes were lost in the Crawford Estates area, four houses lost in Kettle Valley, about 100 homes gone in the Viewcrest, Okaview and Chute Lake area and 16 in the Barnaby and Lakeshore road area. Added to 15 homes that were destroyed earlier that brings the total to 203. The fire department is taking aerial photographs of the burnt out homes and will be offering them to local media so the public can see if their house was affected. Three Kelowna firefighters homes were lost in the fires Friday night as they tried to fight the blaze. The fire is now estimated at 19,000 hectares. There are 250 people are on the firelines along with military personnel. 13 helicopters and 109 pieces of heavy equipment are being used to fight the fire. Safety is the number one priority and some crews had to be taken out of the area last night for their own safety. There's little chance of rain in the forecast and officials are fighting eight major interface fires in the Kamloops fire centre area. That includes the Vaseaux Lake fire that started Friday afternoon and has scorched 1,000 hectares. Crews are making progress on that fire but it is far from contained.

We have a handful of friends and relatives in Kelowna, some of which are evacuated now (Mission). Not sure how they're doing.

The Evacuation Map is pretty alarming.