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WATCH | West Kelowna resident sees house aflame from neighbour's doorbell camera: 'It's quite the experience witnessing your house engulfed in flames before it collapses in on itself,' he said from a hotel room in Merritt, B.C. Later, a neighbour sent him footage from a doorbell camera that confirmed the damage. 'You see just huge flames up in the trees, and at the bottom of the photo, you could see the roof of our house,' he said. Some residents of West Kelowna are learning their homes are gone through unofficial channels.Ĭhris Erickson left his West Kelowna home Thursday as wildfire approached and the next day, he saw a photo of his home in a local newspaper. 'What's happening out there is the day-to-day grind of firefighting,' he said, applauding the work of firefighters from across the province who've come together to protect West Kelowna.

'We're not done yet and the most damaged neighbourhoods are still to come,' he said.īrolund said the job of tallying the damage has been challenging because some address markers were destroyed by the fire and street signs have melted, while downed power lines, ruined roads and fallen trees have made it unsafe to enter some areas.īrolund added that as conditions have quietened in the last 24 hours, no other structures have been destroyed. Jason Brolund told a news conference Monday morning that crews are trying to systematically survey the areas hit by the McDougall Creek fire to determine the extent of the damage. More than 50 structures have been fully or partially destroyed by an aggressive wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., according to the Okanagan city's fire chief. Tune in for ongoing coverage of the wildfire situation on CBC Radio One at 88.9 FM in Kelowna, 96.9 FM in Salmon Arm, or by using the CBC Listen app.

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Highway 1 remains closed and evacuation orders are still in place in the Fraser Canyon as a result of the Kookipi Creek wildfire.

In Northern B.C., a new evacuation order and alert was issued for the Takla First Nation, northwest of Prince George.

Wildfire Service says critical equipment has been taken from the area.

Homes have been destroyed and more than 4,000 properties are on evacuation order in the Shuswap region, as two major fires combined near Adams Lake.

Non-essential travel to the southern Interior has been restricted as 27,000 people are under evacuation orders, around a third of them in the Kelowna area.

A provincewide state of emergency is in place in B.C.

Smoke is blanketing much of the province, prompting air quality advisories and special weather statements.

More help is on the way, as hundreds of firefighters from Mexico and South Africa are set to arrive.

More than 50 structures are confirmed fully or partially destroyed by the McDougall Creek fire in West Kelowna.

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