The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and Town of Osoyoos issued an evacuation alert for 732 properties in response to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.-Canada border on Saturday afternoon.
The Lone Pine Creek fire — known as the Eagle Bluffs fire in the U.S. — is burning about five kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.’s southern interior.
The evacuation alert covers the area north of the border to the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 3, as well as west and north along Highway 3.
EOC Update: Evacuation ALERT Electoral Area “A” and “B” and Town of Osoyoos Saturday, July 29, 2023, 7:30 pm due to Lone Pine Creek wildfire <a href=”https://twitter.com/waDNR_fire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@waDNR_fire</a>
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