Christie Mountain wildfire destroys home in BC's Okanagan

Aug 20 2020, 2:41 am

The Christie Mountain wildfire burning in BC’s Interior destroyed its first home on Wednesday and continues to grow in size.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen confirmed the fire destroyed a residence on Christie Mountain Lane in the Heritage Hills community south of Penticton.

The home was placed under evacuation order the day before, and the district has contacted the property owner.

A total of 319 properties in the area were placed under evacuation order because of the fire, and 3,700 more have been placed under evacuation alert.

The fire grew to 14 square kilometres in size Wednesday afternoon, according to the BC Wildfire Service. The day before, it was only 2.5 square kilometres in size.

Megan DevlinMegan Devlin

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