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Lake Country fire chief Steve Windsor says the insured losses totalled so far in the Okanagan Centre Fire are over $13 million.
However he stated the amount of loss could have been much worse.
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Windsor made the comments to the Lake Country Calendar, which had asked him to look back on the summer fire season that was the worst on record in B.C.
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The fire that as well as other fires sparked around the region brought a visit from Prime Minister Trudeau and Lake Country crews were able to meet the PM during his stay in Kelowna for the in early September.
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The fire fighters were kept busy this summer, starting in May with flooding around the Okanagan, said Windsor.
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After that, there was a , which a water tender, engine and crew spent 228.5 hours fighting.
The next , July 15. The Lake Country team spent 1,114 hours at the Okanagan Centre blaze.
Former premier Christy Clark, along with Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, and MP Stephen Fuhr toured the scene with Mayor James Baker afterwards.
To end the season in August, the crew supplied crews for sprinkler protection for the province, spending 155 hours around Anaham Lake, before tackling the Philpott Road fire, spending 266 hours fighting the blaze with two fire trucks.
Windsor said it香蕉视频直播檚 been an extreme fire season, especially with the losses in Lake Country and other wildfires.
The Lake Country fire department has three halls, with two chief officers, two maintenance members, a fire inspector and 52 members on call.