Update: 3:08 p.m.
Expect to see smoke rising from the mountainside across the lake from Peachland for the next three to five weeks.
BC Wildfire Service held a press conference Monday, explaining they were taking a different approach to the fire that started at Okanagan Mountain Park Sunday night and it is less about suppression and more about fuel management.
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The fire, which was started in an area known to be an unauthorized boat campsite, was human caused and will likely burn for three to five weeks at the most. A heavy rainfall is expected to put it out.
The clearer forest floor will make it less of a hazard when the fire risk is high next summer.
Watch the press conference below:
Update: 11:42 a.m.
Peachland residents should expect to see more smoke rising from the fire across the lake at Okanagan Mountain Park as the day wears on.
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ORIGINAL: Monday, Oct. 2, 6 a.m.
Peachlanders woke up to a view of flames across the lake Monday, in Okanagan Mountain Park.
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