Officials in British Columbia's Shuswap and Okanagan regions are shifting some of their attention from wildfire response to the challenges of recovery as flames abate and many evacuees begin returning home, although crews continue to fight out-of-con
Major infrastructure woes will confront both regions, including hundreds of downed power poles and cables.
Sally Ginter, chief administrative officer for the district, said operations are transitioning to recovery, and residents of areas still under evacuation alert should recheck the district's database of damaged and destroyed properties. There are hundreds of burned hydro poles and downed power lines"everywhere," he told the briefing held by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District.
While fire behaviour has picked up with hot and dry conditions over the last few days, McCulley said there's been no major growth and the nights are getting longer, which should be"a huge help" in the battle against the 430-square-kilometre blaze. But Ma acknowledged there have been challenges as the province and regional officials shift to post-fire recovery in the Central Okanagan, and that some residents have not been reimbursed after paying for their own emergency accommodation instead of waiting for referrals.
"I need to sit down with the firefighters from my department," he said."We need to have a beer. We need to talk about all the things we saw, all of the things that we did. Their mental health is also my concern.""There is still a lot of fire behind our community," Brolund said."We flew over quite a portion of it yesterday and were able to see that this fire will be with us for a while — not in the streets and neighbourhoods, but in the hills above.
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