Since early July I have followed with dread the "progress" of the White Rock Lake Fire north to Monte Lake and northeast to Six Mile Creek, where I have spent parts of the past six years.
Yesterday's video, taken by Kyle Brittain on the road from Spallumcheen at the head of Lake Okanagan, is, as he keeps saying, "terrifying." Earlier in the day the fire had jumped Six Mile Creek, and just this morning I heard from an evacuated Six Mile resident that it is likely the homes along the lower stretch of Six Mile Creek Road are gone, and maybe that gas and fashion one-stop Little Kingdom, too.
As for today's weather: 24C., a little rain in the p.m., south-westerly winds (4km), with gusts (11km). Air quality: "very unhealthy."
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