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Small B.C. community ordered to evacuate from path of wildfire southwest of Penticton

Emergency officials have ordered all residents to evacuate from the B.C. community of Olalla, about 40 kilometres southwest of Penticton, due to the Keremeos Creek wildfire. The unincorporated town, with a population of more than 400, was put under full evacuation orders Thursday afternoon, affecting roughly 200 properties, around 5 p.m. …

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Over 300 properties in B.C. Interior ordered to evacuate as wildfire quintuples in size

Evacuation orders have now been issued for 324 properties in B.C.’s southern Interior following major growth of the Keremeos Creek wildfire over the last day. As of Monday at 2:30 p.m. PT, the fire to the southwest of Penticton was estimated at 22.6 square kilometres in size, more than five …

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