As winter approaches, the McDougall Creek wildfire above West Kelowna continues to burn. A local woman captured video footage of open flames while exploring the backcountry. The fire, known as a 'zombie fire,' may burn throughout the winter and resurface in the spring. The BC Wildfire Service is winding down operations for the season after months of intense firefighting efforts.
As the BC Wildfire Service shifts to winter operations, the McDougall Creek wildfire is still smouldering above West Kelowna.
A local woman who enjoys off-roading and exploring the backcountry came across open flames about five kilometres up Bartley Road earlier this week. "It's alarming. When I was up there for a drive, I saw a little bit of smoke and I thought, oh, it's just some smouldering and as I got closer, I was like, wow, that's flames," said Terri Anne Boucher.
Fires the magnitude of the McDougall Creek fire sometimes end up being referred to as "zombie fires" — a fire that overwinters deep in the ground and pops back up in the spring."They’ve said that the fires could be burning into the winter and they’re certainly not kidding," she said in her post. "I did... pour a litre of water on it that I had and I also reported it.
The 2023 wildfire season has gone down as the most expensive and most destructive wildfire year on record.The Insurance Bureau of Canada estimated that the fires in the Okanagan and Shuswap alone caused $720 million in insured damage.
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