KELOWNA, B.C. — A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, a city with a population of about 150,000, as threatening wildfires prompt officials to issue evacuation orders in parts of British Columbia's Okanagan.
Homes are ablaze in West Kelowna, B.C., after an overnight battle with a wildfire.
However, Central Okanagan Regional District Chairman Loyal Woodridge says there has been no known loss of life.The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order for several dozen properties in a rural area northeast of Keremeos. Thousands of properties are under evacuation orders as the City of West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation have declared local states of emergency.British Columbia's travel information system says Highway 1 is closed for a stretch of about 15 kilometres between the communities of Hope and Lytton, both of which are under threat from wildfires.It says Highway 97 is closed in both directions for a stretch of about 63 kilometres between the communities of Coldstream and Peachland.
It says strong, gusty winds shifting from the southwest to northwest bring with them a risk of thunderstorms and dry lightning in the Okanagan Valley.
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