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* {{cite web | title=Okanagan Mountain Fire: house sites aftermath | url=http://www.ualberta.ca/~walld/kf.html| accessdate= 14 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}} Photographs of housing sites a few weeks after the fire, in September and October, 2003. Dr. Denis Wall Copyright. |
* {{cite web | title=Okanagan Mountain Fire: house sites aftermath | url=http://www.ualberta.ca/~walld/kf.html| accessdate= 14 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}} Photographs of housing sites a few weeks after the fire, in September and October, 2003. Dr. Denis Wall Copyright. |
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* {{cite web|title=Okanagan Mountain Fire Watch |work=Castanet.net |url=http://castanet.firewatch.net/ |accessdate=September 30, 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920201345/http://castanet.firewatch.net/ |archivedate=20 September 2005 |deadurl=yes |df= }} - Firewatch page set up for local residents during the fire (has many photos) |
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* [http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/18812/Idaho.TMOA2003233_lrg.jpg NASA/JPL satellite image of fires in Northwestern North America August 21, 2003] (1800x1500px) |
* [http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/18812/Idaho.TMOA2003233_lrg.jpg NASA/JPL satellite image of fires in Northwestern North America August 21, 2003] (1800x1500px) |
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Revision as of 21:20, 17 September 2016
| 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire | |
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| Date(s) | August 16, 2003 |
| Location | Okanagan Mountain Park |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 25,912 hectares (64,030 acres)[1] |
| Land use | Parkland, Rural |
| Impacts | |
| Non-fatal injuries | water bomber crash |
| Structures destroyed | 239 |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | lightning strike |
On August 16, 2003, a wildfire was started near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. The wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and one of the driest summers in the past decade. Within a few days it had grown into a true firestorm.
The fire grew northward and eastward, initially threatening a small number of lakeshore homes, but quickly became an interface zone fire and forced the evacuation of 27,000 residents and consumed 239 homes. The final size of the firestorm was over 250 square kilometers (25,912 hectares (64,030 acres)).[1] Most of the trees in Okanagan Mountain Park were burned, and the park was closed.
60 fire departments, 1,400 armed forces troops and 1,000 forest fire fighters took part in controlling the fire, but were largely helpless in stopping the disaster.
There were also at least three private Canadair CL-215s, four Government of Alberta owned Canadair CL-215s, four private Lockheed L188 Electra airtankers and at least one Martin Mars air tanker attempting to put out the fire. One air tanker and one helicopter crashed, killing three firefighters [2]
Amateur radio operators helped pass emergency traffic during this emergency. That cost was estimated at CAD $33.8 million.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Fire Review Summary for Okanagan Mountain Fire (K50628)" (PDF). BC Wildfire. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ http://0-web.b.ebscohost.com.darius.uleth.ca/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=37c9f5be-76a2-4da9-81f7-3d7312af25fd%40sessionmgr113&vid=8&hid=118
External links
- "Okanagan Mountain Fire: house sites aftermath". Retrieved 14 January 2009. Photographs of housing sites a few weeks after the fire, in September and October, 2003. Dr. Denis Wall Copyright.
- "Okanagan Mountain Fire Watch". Castanet.net. Archived from the original on 20 September 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2005.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Firewatch page set up for local residents during the fire (has many photos) - NASA/JPL satellite image of fires in Northwestern North America August 21, 2003 (1800x1500px)
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