A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere in the province.
Premier David Eby says 35,000 people across British Columbia are under evacuation orders and another 30,000 people are under advisories and may have to leave their homes quickly.
West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom calls the fires devastating and shocking, but is praising the resilience of community residents, who he says will recover. Whiting says people need to stay out of the way of fire crews, and boaters need to stay off Lake Okanagan as firefighting aircraft will be using it to pick up water.West Kelowna's fire chief is praising hundreds of firefighters for earning what he called a reprieve for the city as a devastating wildfires continue to rage nearby.
She says she's worried about her sister, who lives less than half a kilometre from her, and her elderly neighbours who have lived in Kelowna since the mid 1970s.The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has downgraded an evacuation order to an alert for some properties along the Similkameen River.
The Regional District of Central Okanagan has scheduled a briefing for noon which will include local mayors and the chief of the Westbank First Nation.The Canadian Red Cross has launched an appeal to help support people affected by the wildfires threatening communities and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.
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