Officials in Penticton, B.C., say the threat from a 20-square-kilometre fire burning since Tuesday has diminished after winds did not spread the fire as feared. Wildfire Service told a news conference from Penticton on Saturday. "It's the displacement of our lives and potential loss of the home — and mostly right now we don't know anything, haven't been up there, we can see the smoke, we don't know what it's doing," she said. "We feel very confident that the fire is no longer threatening structures adjacent to the fire in the city of Penticton,'' Penticton Fire Chief Larry Watkinson said. Wildfire Service put in place an area restriction around where the fire is burning to keep people from going into the area and disrupting fire suppression work.

Source: CBC News August 22, 2020 21:45 UTC