Major infrastructure woes will confront both regions, including hundreds of downed power poles and cables.
Neighbourhoods in West Kelowna sustained extensive damage to the power grid and other key infrastructure when the McDougall Creek wildfire swept through nearly two weeks ago, the community's Fire Chief Jason Brolund told a briefing on Monday."The power poles have burned, the lines are on the ground, the transformers are tipped over. All of that is being removed, and it's being rebuilt.
“Our hearts go out to all who have been impacted by this unprecedented fire event, and particularly to those whose homes have been significantly damaged or lost." Crews are also working to remove"danger trees" that pose a risk to public safety along roads in the area, McCulley said. Brolund also highlighted gains in the battle against the McDougall Creek wildfire – responsible for much of the destruction along the shores of Okanagan Lake.
Ma said payments under the Emergency Support Services scheme were supposed to be for evacuees who were unable to pay for their own immediate needs and were"not typically provided retroactively." Brad Litke, a BC Wildfire Service senior operations officer, said crews on Monday were planning a number of controlled burns in the Central Okanagan fire area to remove fuel, as relative humidity in some places had dropped to as low as 18 per cent.
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