It doesn’t seem possible, but I’m reading about my old neighborhood these days: the place I played punchball in the streets, walked home at 3 in the morning, knew the names of all the mom-and-pop-store owners. ‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed’s murder conviction should be tossed: prosecutorsĪssailant hits teen with brick in unprovoked, daylight NYC attack: cops Why this longtime Democratic pol can’t support Hochul for governor - and endorses Zeldin Meanwhile at Apex Resort, GM James Shalman announced on social media Sunday afternoon that, "The snowmaking guns are primed and ready if needed."įor more on the Keremeos Creek wildfire, check out our always-updated report here.Woman searching for lost dog finds remains of Ohio woman missing since 2017 An "Incident Management Team" has assumed management of the fire as of noon today. The latest from the BC Wildfire Service Sunday evening indicates that 37 firefighters, eight helicopters and four pieces of heavy equipment have been on the job. She gestured to an area over the rise where the smoke was particularly heavy and bucketing helicopters appeared to be focusing their efforts. We asked Marcelino to point up the hill in the direction of her home. We moved a few vehicles before we were told to leave, but when you're told to go, you do." "They came to the house and said you guys gotta go. The two finally arrived home and switched on their sprinklers and hosed down the grass surrounding the house.Īnd that's when they got the word. That fire came over the top and straight down." "But as we drove back, I looked at the mountain and I looked at my husband and said, 'the fire is on our property up above.' It was that quick. "And when we went passed our property to get the dog, the fire was not there yet. "There was no roadblock and we were only on alert," she said. Encountering no roadblock upon their return, the couple drove straight to their neighbour's place to pick up the dog. Those neighbours drove to Marcelino's home and grabbed her dog as she and her hubby made a speedy trip home from Rock Creek. "So my neighbours closest to me started trying to find me to tell me there was a fire. "I'd left early in the morning (to drive to Rock Creek). The hardest part for Marcelino is knowing that on Friday, not long after the blaze ignited and before evacuation orders had even been issued, her off-the-grid 50-acre property had already been partly burned. Today she also brought donuts for the firefighters, which she left with the roadblock security guard. She whiles away the hours taking photos of the smoke and this afternoon of the choppers, which she said she didn't see Saturday. It's the closest she's currently permitted to get to her home, so she spends a few hours there every day, looking up into the hills, over the crest where the heavy action's taking place, and wondering what will remain when she's finally allowed to return.
We ran into Marcelino Sunday afternoon at a makeshift roadblock at the intersection of Green Mountain and Hwy 3A. Treed, crazily hilly, with creeks and ponds only adding to its allure. She lives on Green Mountain Road - the segment south of Apex Mountain and north of Hwy 3A to Keremeos.Īnyone who's driven or biked that segment knows it winds though an amazing chunk of countryside. Idalina Marcelino is one of those evacuees. Now in 2022, it's the Keremeos Creek wildfire, which has grown to 437 hectares in two days and forced the evacuation of 25 properties thus far. In 2021, it was the Thomas Creek wildfire, southeast of OK Falls, and the Mk'Mip Creek wildfire, which pretty much ran all the way from the mountains east of Oliver to the mountains east of Osoyoos.
In 2020, it was the Christie Mountain Wildfire just east of Okanagan Falls.