Homes destroyed by fast-moving wildfire as thousands ordered to evacuate in B.C.'s Okanagan

I think Canada needs a national wild fire strategy. Can we roll it into our defense spending and count it towards our Nato obligations?

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On Friday morning, officials said a number of properties were destroyed in the Trader Cove area and Bear Lake Road north of West Kelowna.

Due to the high number of properties under evacuation orders and alerts, residents are being directed to an interactive map to search by address to find out how individual homes and businesses are affected.

Everyone covered by an evacuation alert is asked to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice as the province faces a highly volatile wildfire situation.

Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the wildfire service has "significant resources'' on the West Kelowna fire, but she urges everyone in the region to prepare in case they are ordered to leave.

Wildfire Service, says the cold front that began sweeping the southern half of the province Thursday is bringing in high, unpredictable winds and dry lightning that create the potential for new fires and growth on those they are trying to contain.

DriveBC said Thursday that wildfire activity has closed a stretch of Highway 1 in both directions between Hope and Lytton, the community 150 kilometres northeast of Vancouver that was almost completely destroyed by fire in 2021.

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