By Pete McIntyre

UPDATE: Smoke northwest of Vernon

Mar 23, 2020 | 12:14 PM

UPDATE March 23

The B.C. Wildfire Service said it did not respond to this incident, so it was not able to provide any further information on it.

“Open burning is common at this time of year, and it is possible this is what it could have been,” said Taylor MacDonald, communications specialist with the B.C. Wildfire Service.

Nick Nilsen, communications with the Okanagan Indian Band, said there was a controlled burn with forestry officials and OKIB fire, getting rid of fine fuels.

“Our territorial stewardship staff were also doing some burning but I’m not aware of the scale of that work.”