Wildfire destroys about 230 homes in western Canadian Indigenous community, officials sayA fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 230 homes in British Columbia's Okanagan Indian Band reserve, forcing thousands to evacuate. Dan Wilson, chief of the Okanagan Indian Band, said the Bradley Creek wildfire devastated much of a reserve community near Vernon, about 440 kilometres (275 miles) northeast of Vancouver. The destruction ranks among Canada’s worst recent wildfires. A 2024 blaze in Jasper, Alberta, destroyed about 350 homes, while the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire, also in British Columbia’s Okanagan region, destroyed about 200 homes. The Bradley Creek wildfire alone has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes in the past few days,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a post on social media.