Canada Wildfires: What to Know About Fires in British Columbia and Ontario

Wildfire activity has increased in British Columbia, with thousands evacuated from the Okanagan Valley, weeks after smoke from blazes in Ontario choked the East Coast. As August begins, Canada’s wildfire crisis has shifted increasingly westward, where spreading flames have triggered evacuations in British Columbia weeks after smoke from Ontario fires choked cities to the south. An explosive wildfire forced the evacuation of roughly 20,000 people from several Okanagan Lake communities on Saturday. The Bald Range fire was discovered around 5:30 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, about 10 miles northwest of Summerland, burning just 20 acres.

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