KELOWNA: Around 30,000 people were under orders on Saturday (Aug 19) to evacuate their homes in western Canada's British Columbia, provincial officials said, as a raging wildfire bore down on the city of
, provincial officials said, as a raging wildfire bore down on the city of Kelowna.
Kelowna, a city of 150,000, was choked with thick smoke as it became the latest population centre hit in a summer of dramatic wildfires across Canada that has left millions of acres scorched. "They are a matter of life and death not only for the people in those properties, but also for the first responders who will often go back to try to implore people to leave."Premier David Eby gave slightly different figures for the number of evacuees across the province, saying 35,000 people had been ordered to leave with 30,000 told to prepare to flee if needed.
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