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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 McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above a lakefront home in West Kelowna, Canada on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Horrified onlookers watched as a wildfire engulfed parts of British Columbia, Canada, sending huge plumes of smoke into the sky. This footage, posted by @610Mike on Twitter/X, shows locals putting ...
As tens of thousands of people were under evacuation orders across British Columbia and firefighters battled raging wildfires throughout Canada on Sunday, fire chiefs in a region known as a summer ...
A wildfire in southern British Columbia, Canada, produced a brief "thunder cloud" on Wednesday evening (16 August). Satellite footage from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere ...
0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of Sayward. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the Chelaslie River fire in 2014. [3]
The fire was held, but required 70 firefighters and three helicopters and forced the precautionary closure of nearby Sooke Potholes Regional Park. [43] [44] On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [45]
A town in western Canada prepares for a possible 'last stand' as wildfires rage in British Columbia 05/13/2024 19:58 -0400 FORT NELSON, British Columbia (AP) — An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze, which has ...