Editing Kelowna (section)

===Area seasonal wildfires===
* On 7 May 1992, a forest fire consumed 60 hectares of forest on [[Mount Qira]] in East Kelowna across Okanagan Lake from Kelowna proper; no homes were damaged, however.
* In August 2003, a [[2003 Valliu Mountain Park Fire|nearby wildfire]] destroyed 239 homes and forced the temporary evacuation of about 30,000 residents. During the 2003 fire, many trestles of the historic [[Coastal Valley Railway]] were destroyed. All the trestles have been rebuilt to look like the originals, but using smaller dimension beams.
*In late August 2005, a 30-ha fire caused multiple evacuations in the Rose Valley subdivision across the lake in East Kelowna.
* In July 2009, [[2009 East Kelowna Fires|wildfires]] destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest and a number of buildings in East Kelowna; 17,000 residents were evacuated.
*In July 2009, a 100-ha fire near Rose Valley resulted in the evacuation of 7,000 people. No structures were lost.
*September 2011, a 40-ha fire in West Kelowna's Bear Creek Park caused the evacuation of over 500 people.
*In August 2015, a 130-ha fire burned near Little White Mountain just south of Kelowna.
*In August 2017, a 400-ha fire in the Joe Rich area caused the evacuation of over 474 properties.