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Peachland wildfire evacuation order details

9/10/2012

An Evacuation Order is in place for properties affected by a forest fire south west of the Okanagan Connector including Trepanier Road from the Connector including Star Place all within the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area and an area within the District of Peachland.

List of streets affected by evacuation order:

Clarence Road
Coldham Road
Cousins Place
Cousins Road
Desert Pines Avenue
Dryden Road
Greata Road
Huston Road
Inglis Place
Lang Court
Lever Court
Lornell Court
Mackinnon Road
MacNeill Court
Morrison Crescent
Morrison Court
Morrison Place
Shaw Road
Smith Way
Star Place
Sutherland Road
Trepanier Bench Road
Trepanier Heights
Trepanier Road
Walker Road
Witt Place
Chidley Road
5091 Cousins Place
One property north of Highway 97 next to 4713 MacKinnon Road
5350 -5358 Huston Road
4713, 4850, 5126 MacKinnon Road
3642 Walker Road
1st  Avenue
2nd  Avenue
3rd Avenue
4th Avenue
6th Avenue
7th Avenue
Clements Crescent
Pincushion Place
Ponderosa Drive
Ponderosa Place

Evacuees are being sent to the Lions Club on Main Street in West Kelowna or the Summerland Arena and Curling Club 8820 Jubilee Road East.

Local States of Emergency have been declared for the affected areas within the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area and in the District of Peachland.

Anita Sthankiya -Penticton

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