Highway 3 west of Osoyoos reopens, smoke causing visibility issues
DriveBC says to expect delays
A wildfire is causing delays on a portion of Highway 3 west of Osoyoos in B.C.'s Okanagan region.
The road between Old Richter Pass Road and Lambert Court. was closed Thursday afternoon. It has since reopened but DriveBC says to expect delays and limited visibility due to smoke from the Eagle Bluff wildfire, which put the community under evacuation alerts and orders after it crossed the Canada-U.S. border from the state of Washington on July 30.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says the wildfire is now 30 square kilometres and continues to burn out of control west of Osoyoos, which has a population of just over 5,000 people, along with the many tourists it hosts at this time of year.
✅CLEAR - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCHwy3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BCHwy3</a> The highway has reopened in both directions at Vineyard Rd between <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Keremeos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Keremeos</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Osoyoos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Osoyoos</a> after being closed due to wildfire activities. Motorists can expect delays to remain and limited visibility due to smoke.
—@DriveBCThe town is open to tourists, but visitors are urged to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice.