Wildfire near Princeton golf course prompts evacuation orders

By Logan Lockhart
Penticton Western News
July 12, 2025
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada, Canada West

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre has issued evacuation orders due to the 14-hectare wildfire east of Princeton. A live BC Wildfire Service map shows the August Lake wildfire burning near the Princeton Golf Club. …Residents on evacuation order must leave their property and report to the Princeton Emergency Support Services Reception Centre at the Princeton & District Arena at 167 Old Hedley Rd., the RDOS said. …Four helicopters and five airtankers are responding to the August Lake wildfire just east of Princeton. BCWS says 14 firefighters are also on scene fighting the now 10-hectare blaze. It is still classified as “out of control” and appears to be burning near the Princeton Golf Club, according to a live BCWS map. “The fire is displaying rank 2-3 behaviour, meaning a moderately vigorous surface fire with a moderate rate of spread,” BCWS said in an update.

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