A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna after wildfires forced evacuations in the Clifton area north of downtown early Friday.
Officials are describing a fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., as “very active and unpredictable,” as fire crews brace for what the B.C. Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the province’s wildfire season.
More than 2,400 properties are under an evacuation order and more than 4,800 properties under an evacuation alert due to the encroaching McDougall Creek wildfire, which grew more than a hundredfold — from 64 hectares to 6,800 hectares (6.8 square kilometres) — in just 24 hours.
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The City of Kelowna has also declared a state of emergency, as fire crews responded to spot fires coming across Okanagan Lake from the McDougall Creek blaze.
