State of emergency in Canada’s British Columbia due to forest fires

TOPSHOT - The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023, as seen from Kelowna. - AFPPIX: A state of emergency has been declared in Canada’s British Columbia province as devastating forest fires continued to tear through the region on Friday, reported dpa news agency.

British Columbia Premier David Eby made the announcement for the entire province on the Pacific coast on Friday evening on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Earlier, several houses and flats around the popular tourist city of West Kelowna on Okanagan Lake, had been engulfed by the blaze.The city of Kelowna, with a population of almost 150,000 on the opposite side of the lake, is also affected by the fires. According to authorities, the fires are expected to spread even further.

Across the province, 15,000 people have been asked to leave their homes. An evacuation warning was in place for more than 20,000 other people.Canada has been battling wildfires in several parts of the country for months. Forest fires are an annual phenomenon in many parts of Canada, and, occasionally,force people to be evacuated.In view of ever-worsening climate change, experts warn that fires will occur more frequently and be more destructive.

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