CP NewsAlert: 20,000 flee as explosive B.C. wildfire races toward SummerlandBy Canadian Press on August 8, 2026. Lights are seen illuminated on a boat and dock at a waterfront home as smoke from the Quilpituk Creek wildfire fills the air while the fire reflects off Okanagan Lake near Fintry, B.C., late Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckSUMMERLAND — More than 20,000 residents have been forced to evacuate British Columbia communities near Okanagan Lake overnight as an explosive wildfire surged towards them, destroying homes in its path. Evacuation orders cover the entire community of Summerland, a community of 12,000, while a further 8,000 were told to flee in and around Peachland, both on the western shore of the lake in the B.C.