Two Key Fires in Okanagan, BC, Are Under Control, but Winds Pose Challenge to North

Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Joe O'Connal

Two of the three fires making up a devastating wildfire complex that destroyed almost 200 homes around Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior are now under control.

But the BC Wildfire Service says the region’s most destructive fire, the McDougall Creek blaze in West Kelowna, continues to defy suppression efforts.