‘We can’t afford a human-caused wildfire’: 20,000 under evacuation orders in B.C.

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“Even last night, without much wind, we were seeing very challenging conditions and quite significant growth in some areas of that wildfire,” said Cliff Chapman, director of provincial operations for the BC Wildfire Service, in an update Tuesday. Donate to local wildfire relief: The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen has established an SOS Wildfire Response Fund to support people and communities affected by wildfires in the region. Bald Range evacuation information: The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre posts evacuation orders, alerts, maps and other local emergency information.