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What you need to know about B.C. wildfires for Aug. 16​

Coquihalla Highway remains closed between Merritt and Hope after 2 fires merged​

Thousands of properties remain under evacuation order Monday after "exceptional" high winds fuelled dozens of wildfires across B.C., sending flames barrelling toward entire communities.

Hundreds fled their homes under smoke-filled orange skies on Sunday as evacuation orders came down, one after the other. Most of the newest evacuation orders are in the Kamloops area, where some of the of the largest and most dangerous fires in the province are burning.

There are at least a dozen wildfires in the Kamloops Fire Centre district, including the Lytton, White Rock Lake, Tremont Creek and Sparks Lake fires.

Officials confirmed Monday the White Rock Lake fire has "significantly damaged" multiple buildings in the quiet Killiney Beach area, north of Kelowna on the edge of Okanagan Lake.

There has also been "limited damage" in West Kelowna, to the south, due to the separate Mount Law fire.

"Due to evolving conditions crews have not been able to complete a full assessment of structure damage. More information will be provided to property owners and the media as it becomes available," reads an email from Central Okanagan Emergency Operations.

To the northwest, more than 730 properties west of Kamloops remain on evacuation alert due to the sudden growth of the Tremont Creek wildfire. Dozens more homes in the Cherry Creek area, south of Highway 1, are under evacuation order.

The Okanagan Indian Band near Vernon, B.C., is still ordering residents of about 80 properties to leave immediately if they have not yet done so. The North Okanagan was one of several parts of the Interior left in a dark red twilight in the middle of the afternoon on Sunday, after thick smoke blocked out the sun.

 
And it's finally, actually, raining here in the lower mainland. With luck, some of it moves on.
 
Way things are going, I don't think 250 troops in OP Lentus are going to be enough. My father in Law lives in East Kelowna, large chunks of ash are falling on the east side and some embers, if any spark the dry forest, its game over.
 
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