WATCH ABOVE: The ongoing fires that engulfed Rock Creek, B.C. has now destroyed 30 homes. And as Reid Fiest reports, other residents are waiting to hear if their homes were spared by the flames.
KELOWNA — Crews are making progress on at least two of three fires burning in the Okanagan.
Two of the fires are burning near the small town of Oliver — the Wilsons Mountain Fire and the Testalinden Creek Fire.
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The Wilsons Mountain fire — one kilometre north of Oliver — is 70 per cent contained and is estimated at 370 hectares. At least one structure was damaged by fire.
The Testalinden Creek fire — seven kilometres south of Oliver — is 40 per cent contained and is estimated at 1600 hectares. At least one structure was damaged by fire.
The Rock Creek fire is the most active fire. It is zero per cent contained and is estimated at 3750 hectares. Twenty-nine homes have been destroyed.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says the Rock Creek fire remains the most dangerous and that another warm drying trend may increase fire behaviour.
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