Fire smoke drifts into the Okanagan Friday afternoon. The orange haze of wildfire smoke has drifted over the Okanagan. Smoke is drifting north from the White River and Irving Peak fires burning in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle. The fires started when a lightning storm moved through the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fires have burned 3,500 acres of forest and 321 personnel are fighting. There’s also a cluster of smaller fires on this side of the border in Manning Provincial Park and near Cultus Lake — also on the northern edge of the Cascades — burning and contributing to drifting smoke inland, satellite images suggest. The Keremeos Creek fire west of Penticton also remains active but is classified as “held” and will contribute to smoke in the valley. The BC Wildfire Service also attributed the smoke in the BC Southern Interior to a fire in the US “This increased smoke is expected to continue for the next few days,” the agency said.
#BCWildfire is receiving reports of smoke and fog visible in some areas within the Southeast, Kamloops, Coastal and Cariboo Fire Centres. This smoke comes from both local fires and long-range transport from fires south of the US-Canada border. — BC Wildfire Service (@BCGovFireInfo) September 2, 2022 Photo: Zoom Earth Live satellite images from 4:10 p.m. showing smoke from the wildfire drifting into the Okanagan.
