On Saturday August 16, a lightning strike started a fire in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, just a few kilometers from Kelowna. Within a few days, more than 200 homes were destroyed, and more than 30,000 people had to be evacuated from Kelowna.

Most of these pictures were not taken by me, but were make available on a general Kelowna public news website.

Date	Description	Map
Saturday August 16	burn area is 10 hectares (am)	N/A
Sunday August 17	burn area is 40 hectares	N/A
Monday August 18	burn area is now 1,800 hectares (pm) 47 homes evacuated	N/A
Tuesday August 19	radio tower is knocked out by fire (pm) burn area is now 2,800 hectares (pm)	burn area, park boundry thermal image, 0:01am
Wednesday August 20	burn area is now 6,300 hectares (6am) power line through park is de-energized (7pm) burn area is now 11,000 hectares (10pm)	burn area, park boundry thermal image, 0:01am
Thursday August 21	burn area is now 13,000 hectares (am) 1,605 additional homes ordered evacuated (11pm)	thermal image, 4:00am
Friday August 22	a total of 3,100 homes now ordered evacuated (1am) 15 homes in the south-west corner of Kelowna have been lost to the fire overnight (6am) burn area is now 17,000 hectares (11am) wind has picked up; gusting at 40 km/h (4pm) fire is now advancing 100 meters per minute (4pm) more homes are now on fire (5pm)	thermal image, 4:00am
Saturday August 23	one-third (30,000) of Kelowna's populatation has been evacuated, with another 8,000 people on a 1-hour evacuation alert (8am) "Winds are fanning the flames of the blaze, which is more than 100 metres high in areas." (8am) 203 homes are estimated destroyed by the fire (11am) burn area is now 19,000 hectares (11am) there is now a fire in the Bear Creak area on the west side of the lake (3pm) "Two helicopters, a water bomber and two pumper trucks are actioning the [Bear Creek] fire." (3pm) the Bear Creek fire is under control (8pm)	thermal image, 6:00am
Sunday August 24	the Bear Creek fire is now almost out (8am) 244 homes are confirmed destroyed by the fire (12pm) burn area is now 19,600 hectares (12pm)	thermal image, 3:00am
Monday August 25	burn area is now 20,000 hectares (10am) 248 homes are confirmed destroyed by the fire (4pm)	N/A
Tuesday August 26	burn area is now 20,100 hectares (11am)	thermal image, 7:00am
Wednesday August 27	burn area is now 21,000 hectares (12am) over 10,400 people can return home today; 5,600 people remain on evacuation order	thermal image, 5:00am
Thursday August 28	most people are back into their homes burn area remains at 21,000 hectares	thermal image, 3:00am
Sunday August 31	N/A	thermal image, 11:00pm
Wednesday September 3	N/A	thermal image, 3:00am
Thursday September 4	flareups last night have resulted in the evacuation of more than 3000 people from the Joe Rich and June Springs area (6am) burn area is now 22,840 hectares (7pm) KVR trestles number 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 have been destroyed by fire since last night (see pictures of the KVR here, here and here.)	thermal image, 0:01am thermal image, 11:00pm

For those not familiar with the metric system, 1 hectare = just under 2.5 acres.
Last update: Friday September 5, 06:00 PDT.