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Central Okanagan Emergency Operations

B.C. wildfires: 10K on evacuation order in Central Okanagan

Petra Löwer Aug 19, 2023

The raging McDougall Creek wildfire has impacted large swaths of the Central Okanagan. And late Friday night, local emergency officials gave Global News an early estimate of the inferno’s impact, saying 10,000 properties in the…
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B.C. wildfires: State of emergency declared in Kelowna, evacuations underway

Petra Löwer Aug 18, 2023

A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, and evacuations are underway in two neighbourhoods, as two wildfires flared to life late Thursday evening. It’s thought that embers from the nearby McDougall Creek wildfire sparked…
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B.C. wildfires: 2 more West Kelowna neighbourhoods added to growing list of evacuation orders

Petra Löwer Aug 18, 2023

On the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire, a wildfire near West Kelowna exploded in size on Thursday afternoon. The McDougall Creek wildfire was estimated at 1,100 hectares as of 8 p.m., but given the…
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