Around 2,000 more residents of B.C.’s Okanagan Valley were put under evacuation alert overnight as wildfires in the region continue to expand.
The Mount Eneas fire has been growing rapidly because of strong winds in the area and was estimated to be 1,000 hectares in size on Thursday evening.
The growing fire led to the declaration of a local state of emergency in Peachland just before midnight on Thursday.
An evacuation alert was also issued for about 1,500 people living in about 600 properties in the community, meaning they must be ready to leave at a moment’s notice if conditions
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