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Fashioned of yellow-painted planks arranged on a hillside adjacent to a home on the outskirts of Barriere - "THANX" and a happy smiley to helicopter pilots fighting the fires which have devastated the area.
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Globe and Mail report
A sky crane helicopter drops a load of fire retardant on a Kettle Valley Railway Bridge in Kelwona, B.C.
The stubborn Okanagan Mountain Park blaze has claimed at least two historic railway trestle bridges near Kelowna on a popular hiking trail, and damaged two others, fire officials said Thursday.
Driven by rising winds, the fire grew by 17 square kilometres overnight to a total of 228 square kilometres and forecasts called for winds of up to 35 kilometres an hour for Thursday afternoon.
Since Wednesday evening, firefighters had been working to keep the fire away from the 90-year-old Kettle Valley railway line running through Myra Canyon.
But by Thursday afternoon, at least two of the 16 bridges were lost, Carol Suhan, an information officer with the emergency operations centre in Kelowna, told globeandmail.com. Firefighters aren't optimistic they will be able to save many of the remaining trestles, she added.
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Historic bridges lost to Kelowna fire
A sky crane helicopter drops a load of fire retardant on a Kettle Valley Railway Bridge in Kelwona, B.C.
The stubborn Okanagan Mountain Park blaze has claimed at least two historic railway trestle bridges near Kelowna on a popular hiking trail, and damaged two others, fire officials said Thursday.
Driven by rising winds, the fire grew by 17 square kilometres overnight to a total of 228 square kilometres and forecasts called for winds of up to 35 kilometres an hour for Thursday afternoon.
Since Wednesday evening, firefighters had been working to keep the fire away from the 90-year-old Kettle Valley railway line running through Myra Canyon.
But by Thursday afternoon, at least two of the 16 bridges were lost, Carol Suhan, an information officer with the emergency operations centre in Kelowna, told globeandmail.com. Firefighters aren't optimistic they will be able to save many of the remaining trestles, she added.
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It's been very hot and windy for the past few days, Fire conditions have actually taking a turn for the worse rather than getting any significant break from the September weather. The forecast does show some signs of hope for the latter part of the weekend. A lot of the fires have taken new runs, as noted in the news article above.
One of many trestles on the Kettle Valley Railroad, this historic structure may have been one of the five trestles lost to the fires to date....
One of many trestles on the Kettle Valley Railroad, this historic structure may have been one of the five trestles lost to the fires to date....
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