KELOWNA, B.C. — Fire chiefs say the fight against devastating wildfires that have been rampaging around Lake Okanagan, B.C., has turned a corner after days of destruction.
West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund said "things are finally looking better," with an army of 500 firefighters engaged in a battle that is now in a new phase.
The positive developments in the Central Okanagan come amid a desperate battle against hundreds of fires across the province, with 30,000 people under evacuation orders and a provincial state of emergency in effect.Brolund said he was "finally feeling like we're moving forward, rather than moving backwards."
"They know their family's being evacuated while they're trying to defend their neighbour's home and they just keep going." There has been no known loss of life in the Central Okanagan, while the number of properties destroyed has yet to be tallied. Volunteers mixed with evacuees at the facility on Saturday afternoon, filling plates from tables of food.
“If there are commercial kitchens that are looking to do food, they can come to Prospera and meet with a staff member, get on a schedule that we're creating as we're finding all the foods coming at once and we don't want to waste anything.”
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