Fire crews faced challenging conditions as more than two dozen wildfires broke out across the province over the weekend — but the wildfire service says it didn’t expect some of those challenges to come from humans.
The movement of boaters on Kalamalka Lake in the north Okanagan hampered air tankers working on a blaze just east of Vernon that has forced evacuation alerts.
A warning released yesterday tells boaters to stay clear of air tanker operations.
It was issued just a day after helicopters working the same area were grounded for hours after a private drone was spotted nearby — and drone owners are warned they face severe penalties or jail time if convicted of using drones near wildfires.
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