KELOWNA, British Columbia: Thousands of British Columbia residents were on high evacuation alert on Saturday (Aug 19) after rapidly intensifying wildfires forced the western Canadian province to declare a state of emergency. The Pacific province has seen strong winds and dry lightning in the past 36 hours
KELOWNA, British Columbia: Thousands of British Columbia residents were on high evacuation alert on Saturday after rapidly intensifying wildfires forced the western Canadian province to declare a state of emergency.
The fire was centred around Kelowna, a city some 300 kilometres east of Vancouver, with a population of about 150,000. " enables a number of legal tools for us to issue specific orders and to ensure that resources are available." About 140,000 square kilometres of land, roughly the size of New York state, have already burnt, and government officials project the fire season could stretch into autumn due to widespread drought-like conditions in Canada.
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