'We're all pretty stressed out': Residents in B.C.'s Okanagan flee fast-spreading fire | Page 905 | Unpublished
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'We're all pretty stressed out': Residents in B.C.'s Okanagan flee fast-spreading fire

August 2, 2026

Residents in B.C.'s north Okanagan region say they had to leave their homes, possessions and in some cases their pets behind to escape a rapidly spreading wildfire near Vernon.



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