A fast-moving blaze threatens to destroy more homes in the western British Columbia province.
A state of emergency has been declared in Canada's western British Columbia province, as a fast-moving wildfire threatens to destroy more homes in the area around the city of West Kelowna.
An official deadline to evacuate Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's federal territory, has now lapsed. He said that more and more people were being evacuated, warning that "emergency orders could include travel restrictions to specific areas if people do not respect our calls to avoid non-essential travel".One Kelowna resident told the BBC the fires came over the mountainside like an 'ominous cloud of destruction'"We fought hard last night to protect our community. We fought 100 years worth of fires all in one night," he added.
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