World · East Asia & Pacific · 3 hrs ago
Rain-triggered landslides hit property in wildfire-scarred Summerland
Three rain-triggered landslides hit a family’s property in Garnet Valley, Summerland, this week, sending rocks, water and debris into a field.
The slides followed this summer’s Bald Range wildfire, which burned vegetation on nearby slopes.
Without that vegetation, the ground is more vulnerable to erosion and slides during heavy rain.
The Campbell family, whose farm was near the fire, fears another slide could reach their homes.
The regional district is monitoring heavy-rain risks and making sand and sandbags available to residents.
A provincial assessment also rates the risk of slides affecting Highway 97 and properties on slopes above it as high.
Geotechnical assessments are underway, but the sources do not say when they will be complete.
Three landslides in Summerland’s Garnet Valley sent rocks, water and debris onto property belonging to the Campbell family.
Heavy rain on Tuesday triggered the slides on slopes burned by the summer’s Bald Range wildfire.
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is monitoring potential impacts, and geotechnical assessments are underway in affected areas.
A provincial report says the likelihood of further slides varies by terrain and rates the risk of impacts to Highway 97 and private properties above it as high.
- Who
- The Campbell family’s property was affected. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is monitoring potential impacts.
- What
- Three landslides sent rocks, water and debris onto the property.
- When
- Tuesday, after heavy rain. The article was published on October 30, 2026.
- Where
- Garnet Valley in Summerland, British Columbia.
- Why
- Heavy rain triggered slides on slopes where the Bald Range wildfire had burned vegetation, leaving the ground more vulnerable to erosion.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Bald Range wildfire burned vegetation on surrounding slopes in Summerland.
Heavy rain triggered three landslides in Garnet Valley, sending rocks, water and debris onto the Campbell family’s property.
The RDOS monitored potential impacts, while geotechnical assessments were underway in affected areas.
- Landslides
- Three
- Location
- Garnet Valley, Summerland
- Trigger
- Heavy rain on Tuesday
- Wildfire
- Bald Range wildfire
- Highway 97
- Provincial report rates the probability of spatial impact to the highway and private properties on slopes above it as high.
What people are saying
It was a wall of rocks and water coming down into the field there,
If that mountain behind us gives out and slides right into our houses, that would probably be our biggest fear right now.
And now it’s flood watch.
The RDOS is certainly looking at the potential for impacts to property because of heavy rainfall events,