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‘Devastation’: Chief says about 230 homes destroyed by B.C. wildfire
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CityNews Vancouver
The chief of the Okanagan Indian Band says about 230 homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire near Vernon, B.C.
Dan Wilson said the homes of 30 band members and 200 non-band homes have been destroyed by the Bradley Creek fire.
He said during a news conference on Tuesday that the reserve “looked like a war zone” when he took a helicopter tour of the devastation.
“It was hard to recognize my community from the air with all the structures and the forest gone.”
The wildfire has been one of the most devastating events in the band’s history, he said.