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The South Okanagan is experiencing sudden and rapid fires appearing across several locations.
Including the fires currently being reported on near Big White and Rattle Snake Island, social media has caught fires erupting across other locations in the Southern Okanagan.
Three separate lightning hits around Lake Okanagan. One pretty major by Summerland. 2 near Naramata #bcfires @BCGovFireInfo @globalbc @CTVVancouver pic.twitter.com/Afu6ASO6Lk
— TLH (@Trishosaurus) July 18, 2018
Smoke is up. We have two lightening strikes. One behind Summerland and one north end of Naramata, maybe around Indian rock. pic.twitter.com/h6ETfaQuIH
— Jay Drysdale (@BCwineguy) July 18, 2018
Just started and going good behind westbench #bcwildfire pic.twitter.com/ONudoT5QJN
— Rene Sanche (@RenesancheCDN) July 18, 2018
#Lightning #Peachland #Kelowna pic.twitter.com/c0wBmmNsbW
— Toppy McTopface (@bishopastronomy) July 18, 2018
#BCwildfire sparked a few minutes ago presumably by lightning strike outside Summerland. Hope everyone is okay. Reality check 101 on how fast it happened. More lightning still hitting... pic.twitter.com/gHor7DGgxn
— David S. Russell (@DavidSRussell) July 18, 2018
NowMedia will provide information on these fires as they become available.
Thumbnail courtesy of Rene Sanche
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