CP NewsAlert: B.C. to end state of emergency as wildfire risk winds down

By The Canadian Press on September 14, 2023.

The Central Okanagan Regional Operations centre says residents of 16 properties along Bear Creek Road are allowed to go home, although they remain on evacuation alert and must be ready to leave again if the McDougall Creek wildfire flares again. Burned trees are seen above a neighbourhood in West Kelowna, B.C. during a visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in West Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – The British Columbia government says it is ending the state of emergency imposed last month when thousands of residents were chased out of their homes by wildfires.

The government says in a statement the wildfire risk is diminishing in much of the province as temperatures cool, allowing most residents to return home.

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