CP NewsAlert: 131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap, B.C., wildfire

By The Canadian Press on August 25, 2023.

Evacuees leave with a trailer of belongings after a wildfire evacuation alert was upgraded to an order and they were forced to leave the Wilden neighbourhood near Knox Mountain, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Evacuated residents in Kelowna are able to return home after all previous evacuation orders within city limits were lifted late yesterday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Officials say 131 homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region of the B.C. Interior, but no lives have been lost.

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