The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says about 150 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire.
This is a preliminary number and may change as damage assessments continue.
Approximately 110 damaged or destroyed structures are in Electoral Area “F”, including the Faulder and Meadow Valley areas, and 40 are in the District of Summerland.
“Structures (are) any structure of note on a property, including things like barns, which are very important for farmers, as well as homes,” Kelly Greene, the B.C. Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, said.
“I will leave it to the local government to communicate structure losses with residents before we release specific details about the losses that have been experienced by people on the ground.”
During the Summerland Stage 1 re-entry (Friday, Aug. 14), 400 properties were moved from evacuation order to evacuation alert.
During the Summerland Stage 2 re-entry (Sunday, Aug. 16), approximately 800 more properties were moved from evacuation order to evacuation alert.
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Stage 3 re-entry is being planned, but due to the impacts of the wildfire, there will be some properties that will remain under evacuation order.
Re-entry is being assessed area by area, the regional district states. There is no fixed date for the entire fire area.
Meanwhile, most of the evacuees from the district of Summerland were told on Tuesday morning that the evacuation order is being downgraded to an evacuation alert.
This affects Summerland proper, west of Highway 97, up to and including a portion of Cartwright Avenue, a portion of Haddrell Avenue (south of Dale Meadows Road).
“Pretty much the whole town now,” Summerland Mayor Doug Holmes said.
“Ninety per cent of the town is now back. So that’s another 3,380 properties or something, in addition to the 1,200 that came back on the weekend. So everywhere except a couple of valleys that were most affected, and we’re still doing geotech work and moving danger trees and restoring power and stuff like that, and then the rest of it will come back as well.”
However, the following properties remain on evacuation order:
- All addresses on Garnet Valley Road (north of Jones Flat Road)
- 12406 Blagborne Ave.
- 12407 Blagborne Ave.
- 11709 Mott St.
- 13420 Mott St.
- 13221 Durick Ave.
- 13410 Durick Ave.
- 14423 Cartwright Ave.
- 14605 Cartwright Ave.
- 13611 Cartwright Ave.
- 14612 Garnet Ave.
- 14806 Garnet Ave.
- 14810 Garnet Ave.
The Bald Range wildfire is still listed as out of control and has now grown to 21,391 hectares since it was discovered 11 days ago.
The BC Wildfire Service said crews have now been focused on the northwestern flank, where growth has been the most aggressive.
Highway 97 is open in both directions 24 hours a day, but there is no access west of Highway 97 between Walters Road and Bentley Road.
“Hugh G. Rection
August 19, 2026 at 1:43 pm
Jay Voorhees, take a break from the internet to clear your mind, and then reflect on the state of our country, while also considering who has been in charge all this time. Not everyone who shares a different view is a conservative. My family was liberal, but we are not blind to what this government has done.”
And what exactly have they done? Also the BC Liberals were a far-right Conservative party so you’re going to have to be a little more specific there dumbass
Some real basement dwelling asholes on here
Will they be moving back to Alberta I hope
“Lots of money for reconciliation, not so much for your safety
August 18, 2026 at 10:40 pm
At the end of the day this is a failure of firefighting services to control a blaze. Entire cities used to burn because someone knocked over their oil lamp. Municipal firefighting services have gotten good enough to ensure this no longer happens. Wildfire services are not delivering the same results. This is falls on the shoulders of the provincial government not doing their most basic duty, protecting the lives and property of their citizens. In a sane world this mistake would cause a investigation and rectification of why wildfire services cannot stop a fire like Bald range and it likely comes down to lack of equipment and manpower, a direct result of poor planning and governance.”
Another blatant far-right Conservative lie. Isn’t it funny how you make such claims yet you can’t provide any numbers to back up your claims. The BC NDP spent an average of $525 million a year on wildfire suppression from 2016-2025, compared to $252 million a year the decade before. So what was that you were going on about again?
Jay Voorhees, take a break from the internet to clear your mind, and then reflect on the state of our country, while also considering who has been in charge all this time. Not everyone who shares a different view is a conservative. My family was liberal, but we are not blind to what this government has done.
Most that have some knowledge of forest fires are aware that the Summerland fire was a ” crown fire ” that would explain it’s behaviour and speed of the fire. But, once again this brings us to the topic of the knowledge and expertise of B.C. Forest Service and it’s ability of controlling these forest fires..
Another comment from a bitter Conservative troll
They don’t care jasper was tinder dry with pine beetle wood was even brought up in parliament 2 years before big fire. They did nothing
At the end of the day this is a failure of firefighting services to control a blaze. Entire cities used to burn because someone knocked over their oil lamp. Municipal firefighting services have gotten good enough to ensure this no longer happens. Wildfire services are not delivering the same results. This is falls on the shoulders of the provincial government not doing their most basic duty, protecting the lives and property of their citizens. In a sane world this mistake would cause a investigation and rectification of why wildfire services cannot stop a fire like Bald range and it likely comes down to lack of equipment and manpower, a direct result of poor planning and governance.
“Anonymous
August 18, 2026 at 3:32 pm
Half as much as 2002 in kelowna”
Another irrelevant comment from a bitter Conservative troll
Half as much as 2002 in kelowna