Photo: Stew Turcotte
Smoke rising from from a wildfire north of Peachland on Wednesday evening.
UPDATE 6 p.m.
The BC Wildfire Service has updated the location of a new wildfire north of Peachland.
The fire is burning near Spring Lake in the hills above the community. BCWS has now moved the fire’s location on the map several kilometres away from the community.
A group of skimmer firefighting aircraft are on the way to the fire from Kamloops to take over from a Penticton-based tanker that was previously over the blaze. A tanker from the Kootenay air base is also en route.
The fire is still estimated to be under a hectare in size but it is expected BCWS will have more details on the incident soon. A plume of smoke from the fire continues to be visible from across the Central Okanagan.
UPDATE 5:35 p.m.
Firefighting aircraft are now over a new wildfire start north of Peachland.
A tanker from the Penticton base is circling the blaze in addition to a bird dog spotting aircraft, according to flight tracking websites.
ORIGINAL 5:20 p.m.
A wildfire has been sparked just north of Peachland on Wednesday evening, sending a plume of smoke into the sky visible from across Okanagan Lake.
The BC Wildfire Service puts the fire at less than a hectare in size, burning just north of Peachland and south of Highway 97C. According to the BCWS website, the exact location is yet to be determined.
The cause of the wildfire is listed as under investigation.
Photos sent in from Castanet readers show smoke rising from the hills above Okanagan Lake.
Castanet News has reached out to the BC Wildfire Service for more information about the wildfire. This story will be updated as more information is available.
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A wildfire has been spotted burning north of Peachland on Wednesday evening.
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