When wildfire started to rip through the Central Okanagan, staff at Kelowna's landfill couldn't do much to stop the $1.4 million in damage that followed.
After the McDougall Creek wildfire destroyed his lakeside tiki bar, Antonio Ortega closed his Mexican restaurant so they could provide food to first responders and evacuees.
The wildfire that destroyed nearly 200 properties across the Central Okanagan is an estimated 13,970 hectares, and it's not likely to move past those boundaries.
BC Wildfire said that both fires near Central Okanagan communities West Kelowna and Peachland remain out of control, though in different stages of suppression.
It has been one month since the McDougall Creek wildfire devastated West Kelowna and surrounding areas, and residents are reflecting on the difficult road forward.