Cinnabar Creek Fire News Release 5

The Evacuation Alert has been lifted for the Cinnabar Creek wildfire.

The Alert had been in effect for Lake Okanagan Resort, Camp Owaissi and Camp Mewata.

Ground crews made good progress overnight on the 2.8-hectare fire just off Westside Road. They will continue working on the fire with available resources today.

The scheduled 6:30 opening of Westside Road has unfortunately been delayed. It’s now anticipated that Westside Road will open at approximately 8:30 to single lane alternating traffic through the fire zone just north of Lake Okanagan Resort and south of Denison Road. For the latest road information please visit the Drive BC website, www.drivebc.ca.

The Emergency Operation Centre has been activated to support crews in the field responding to this incident.

New information will be released to the public through the media and cordemergency.ca as soon as it becomes available.