Here is what some evacuees, fire and government officials are saying about the experience:“Coming around the corner, you could see this orange glow going up the hill. It was lit up like you thought it would be a movie location or something, how bright it was.” — Evacuee Atlyn Becker, on what she saw out the window of her truck while driving away from her home near Okanagan Lake—“From where we were sitting, we could see propane tanks exploding and the black smoke. — Louis Fred, on the extreme winds that blew through his home on the Okanagan Indian Band reserve causing embers to singe his son’s hair. — Cliff Chapman, director of wildfire operations for the provincial wildfire service, on the winds that propelled the fire spread—“It’s understandable that people want to do everything that they can to protect their homes.