The McDougall Creek wildfire in BC has spread north and destroyed the Lake Okanagan Resort..The hotel on Westside Road was seen in flames on Friday by boaters in the water who posted the image to Instagram..Reports say the McDougall wildfire in West Kelowna has spread to 6,800 hectares as of 11:40 a.m. Friday..It is not clear if any structures at the resort north of Kelowna survived the fire..Jason Brolund, West Kelowna fire chief, viewed the fire from the air, calling the number of homes lost "gut-wrenching", adding it is a tragic night/day for West Kelowna..Central Okanagan Emergency Operations overnight confirmed structural losses in the area but have been unable to provide details, as the wildfire fight still remains incredibly active..READ MORE: West Kelowna fire grows six times overnight, officials say structures lost.The City of Kelowna declared a state of emergency after the McDougall Creek wildfire jumped Okanagan Lake overnight, forcing evacuations as spot fires ignite..An emergency alert was sent out at 10 p.m. on Thursday. Officials said the fire grew six times its size overnight.."We went to a lookout point in the Magic Estates area in east Kelowna to see the fires on the west side around 9 p.m.," Melanie Risdon told the Western Standard.."We stayed there for about an hour and then left. Once we arrived home a little after 10 p.m., my niece, who lives here, started to see posts on Facebook community pages showing the fire had jumped the lake and was now burning in the area we had just left minutes before."
The McDougall Creek wildfire in BC has spread north and destroyed the Lake Okanagan Resort..The hotel on Westside Road was seen in flames on Friday by boaters in the water who posted the image to Instagram..Reports say the McDougall wildfire in West Kelowna has spread to 6,800 hectares as of 11:40 a.m. Friday..It is not clear if any structures at the resort north of Kelowna survived the fire..Jason Brolund, West Kelowna fire chief, viewed the fire from the air, calling the number of homes lost "gut-wrenching", adding it is a tragic night/day for West Kelowna..Central Okanagan Emergency Operations overnight confirmed structural losses in the area but have been unable to provide details, as the wildfire fight still remains incredibly active..READ MORE: West Kelowna fire grows six times overnight, officials say structures lost.The City of Kelowna declared a state of emergency after the McDougall Creek wildfire jumped Okanagan Lake overnight, forcing evacuations as spot fires ignite..An emergency alert was sent out at 10 p.m. on Thursday. Officials said the fire grew six times its size overnight.."We went to a lookout point in the Magic Estates area in east Kelowna to see the fires on the west side around 9 p.m.," Melanie Risdon told the Western Standard.."We stayed there for about an hour and then left. Once we arrived home a little after 10 p.m., my niece, who lives here, started to see posts on Facebook community pages showing the fire had jumped the lake and was now burning in the area we had just left minutes before."
