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2. McDougall Creek fire - Wikipedia

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   The McDougall Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15, 2023, and was discovered at 5:59 pm PDT. [1] The wildfire forced the evacuation of West Kelowna and parts of Kelowna.

3. West Kelowna wildfires - Wikipedia

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   The Glenrosa Fire started at around 2:30 pm above the Glenrosa subdivision in West Kelowna, British Columbia. The fire quickly exploded due to extremely dry conditions and heavy down slope winds. The fire posed an immediate threat to the entire subdivision, over 4,500 homes were evacuated affecting over 10,000 people.

4. Thousands flee raging wildfire, turning capital of Canada's ...

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   Officials in West Kelowna already ordered people to evacuate 2,400 properties and alerted an additional 4,800 properties to be ready to leave. The BC Wildfire Service said the fire stretched over ...

5. Heavy rain helps douse wildfires in Canada's British Columbia

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   West Kelowna fire Chief Jason Brolund said a total of 84 properties were partially or totally damaged in West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation. “I’m feeling some optimism based on the ...

6. City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital ...

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   Residents in West Kelowna had already been ordered to evacuate 2,400 properties, while an additional 4,800 properties were on evacuation alert. ... chief of the West Kelowna fire department, who ...

7. 2023 Canadian wildfires - Wikipedia

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   Eight firefighters were killed, and 185,000 to 232,000 people were displaced, [3] [4] including 16,400 in Nova Scotia's capital of Halifax, 21,720 in the Northwest Territories capital of Yellowknife, and almost 30,000 in British Columbia's Kelowna and West Kelowna. [10] Thousands of international firefighters travelled to Canada to combat the ...

8. Some wildfire evacuations end in British Columbia, but fire ...

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   The BC Wildfire Service said the West Kelowna fire department was returning to ``normal day-to-day operations″ 10 days after a fast-moving wildfire forced thousands to flee that town and went on ...

9. 2015 Canadian wildfires - Wikipedia

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   Fire-fighters from Mexico, [3] Western Australia, [2] and New Zealand were sent to assist. [3] The Canadian military also fought the fires. [ 4 ] Since the smoke was so dense, warnings had been given across central and Western Canada ; additionally, parts of the western United States were also issued air advisories because of the amount of smoke.