BURSTUPDATE: 8 p.m.
The Lacoma Creek wildfire that sparked off Highway 97C on Sunday is now considered held.
The blaze grew to .009 hectares and is lightning-caused.
Another lightning-caused fire in the North Missezula Lake region, south of the Okanagan Connector and east of Highway 5A, is under control at .009 hecatres.
The Davies Lake blaze, which is the largest of the lightning-caused fires in the area, remains out of control at 1.1 hectares.
The fire was discovered on Aug. 22, south of Aspen Grove and east of Highway 5A.
There are no current area restrictions near this incident.
UPDATE: 1:00 p.m.
BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) are responding to three wildfires in the Central Okanagan caused by lightning yesterday.
Incident management teams working on the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland are working with other BCWS teams on tackling two fires that were discovered within the Darke Lake Provincial Park. According to BCWS aviation resources will be deployed on these two if fire activity increases.
One of the two fires has already been classified as “under control” while the other remains “out of control”. Both fires sit at 0.009 hectares in size.
Another fire found in Trepanier Park will soon be actioned. BCWS said “this is a single tree strike fire that has not currently grown beyond the tree.”
Crews cannot access the location of the blaze on foot, so rappel teams will go in to action the fire. “A helicopter will assist with bucketing as needed until the crew is on site.”
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A trio of spot fires have been lit west of Okanagan Lake.
After a thunderstorm warning issued in the B.C. Southern Interior was realized last night, various small wildfires have broken out across the province.
Within the Okanagan, lightning is the suspected cause of three new fires.
Two of the blazes are located within the Darke Lake Provincial Park and within the zone of the Bald Range wildfire, which now stands at 25,021 hectares in size. The two spot fires within the park remain at an estimated 0.009 hectares in size.
Another new blaze is located on the southern boundary of Trepanier Park. The fire is also listed as 0.009 hectares in size and is expected to be lightning caused.