Canada wildfires: British Columbia in state of emergency as 15,000 homes evacuate

Aug 20, 2023 #Canada #BritishColumbia #Wildfires
About 15,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada's British Columbia, as firefighters battle raging wildfires that have set homes ablaze.

Officials said a "significant" number of buildings caught fire in West Kelowna, a city of 36,000 people, and more than 2,400 homes were evacuated.

A state of emergency has been declared for the entire province, where hundreds of separate fires are burning.