The Canadian province is in a state of emergency as forest fires around the country's west intensify.
abc.net.au/news/british-columbia-wildfires-intensify-evacuations-over-35-000/102752484Over 35,000 Canadians are now displaced from their homes as out-of-control forest fires in British Columbia intensify.Authorities say it's the worst fire season ever seen in the countryAuthorities are warning of difficult days ahead after evacuees doubled on Saturday and many properties were destroyed.
By Friday, an out-of-control fire in southern British Columbia grew more than a hundredfold in 24 hours and forced more than 2,400 properties to be evacuated.The fire was centred around Kelowna, a city 300 kilometres east of Vancouver, with a population of about 150,000. Ms Goyer said her brother stayed back to protect his Scotch Creek home, where they had previously installed a fire hose after the brother's other home burned down at a different time.
Some 5,000 customers are also without electricity in interior British Columbia due to the fires, the main utility said.
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