Jenna Smith got a first-hand experience of the Mount Eneas wildfire from the window of her car.
On Wednesday, Smith and her boyfriend were on their way to Penticton after visiting family in West Kelowna, only to be stuck in a four-hour lineup of traffic near Peachland.
害羞草研究所淵ou see the trees candling and you害羞草研究所檙e like OK, are you going to get through, is this going to happen?害羞草研究所 she said. Smith could see the headlights shining directly under the flames.
害羞草研究所淒riving through was surreal, because of the steep embankment, you see trees burning above you and think 害羞草研究所榠s this safe? I hope so,害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟 she said
She recorded a video and posted it on Facebook, calling it a scene out of an apocalypse movie.
Growing up in Penticton, the Victoria resident is all-too-familiar with wildfire. Her family in West Kelowna had to be evacuated with their horses a few times, she said.
Her boyfriend was also working in Fort McMurray during the devastating wildfire in 2016.
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