{"id":93067,"date":"2026-08-08T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fast-moving-wildfire-in-western-canada-forces-more-than-20000-people-to-evacuate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:12:19","slug":"fast-moving-wildfire-in-western-canada-forces-more-than-20000-people-to-evacuate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fast-moving-wildfire-in-western-canada-forces-more-than-20000-people-to-evacuate\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast-moving wildfire in western Canada forces more than 20,000 people to evacuate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/climate-extremes-wildfires-canada-us-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fast-moving wildfire<\/a><\/span> grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia&#8217;s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path.<\/p>\n<p>The entire community of Summerland, home to about 12,000 people, was ordered evacuated, along with about 8,000 people in and around nearby Peachland. Officials had not determined how many homes were destroyed. The city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summerland.ca\/city-services\/eoc\/bald-range-wildfire?pname=Bald%20Range%20Wildfire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0that power has been lost throughout the District of Summerland.<\/p>\n<p>The Bald Range wildfire was first reported on Friday evening but grew to about 19 square miles within hours, overwhelming the smaller community of Faulder and covering the roughly 9 miles to Summerland at extraordinary speed.<\/p>\n<p>Erick Thompson, an emergency official with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19PJ3Tn5Cr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen<\/a>, called it one of the &#8220;quickest-moving, fastest-growing&#8221; wildfires the region had experienced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/08\/78c2ddb7-b538-4861-89df-c0349aa5cb2e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/6da74b32ff96f1850e854fe0302aa546\/2026-08-08t140847z-631885638-rc26uma4cj3u-rtrmadp-3-canada-wildfires.jpg#\" alt=\"Bald Range wildfire northwest of Summerland, British Columbia \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/08\/78c2ddb7-b538-4861-89df-c0349aa5cb2e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/6da74b32ff96f1850e854fe0302aa546\/2026-08-08t140847z-631885638-rc26uma4cj3u-rtrmadp-3-canada-wildfires.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/08\/78c2ddb7-b538-4861-89df-c0349aa5cb2e\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/9a8fcfba8f528ef9f7204bc312386a93\/2026-08-08t140847z-631885638-rc26uma4cj3u-rtrmadp-3-canada-wildfires.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Smoke rises from the Bald Range wildfire northwest of Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 7, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                BC Wildfire Service\/Handout via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thompson eventually had to abandon the emergency operations center and evacuate his own family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had to leave the EOC to come and get my family to leave this area. We&#8217;re heading south,&#8221; he said in a video posted early Saturday from his vehicle as traffic backed up around him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canada has endured increasingly destructive wildfire seasons in recent years, forcing mass evacuations and repeatedly sending <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wildfires-smoke-millions-exposed-midwest-northeast-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">smoke<\/a><\/span> across large parts of Canada and the United States. President Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-canada-wildfire-smoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">threatened <\/a><\/span>Canada with additional tariffs in July after wildfires sent smoke into the New York City, Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C. areas, leading to severe air quality issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0British Columbia experiences 1,600 wildfires per year, on average, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/safety\/wildfire-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the BC Wildfire Service.<strong>\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>Videos posted on social media appeared to show multiple homes burning as residents fled along roads with flames on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowner Kerry Gold and her husband, Mike Elsinga, fled around 12:30 a.m. after watching flames spread beyond nearby mountains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s scary. It&#8217;s moving fast,&#8221; Gold said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/08\/d70cb493-5264-4933-92da-d7f05a14b72a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/46e90153de2039f458c9aa023172e69e\/2026-08-08t140850z-1402556194-rc26umaooozg-rtrmadp-3-canada-wildfires.jpg#\" alt=\"Bald Range wildfire northwest of Summerland, British Columbia \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/08\/d70cb493-5264-4933-92da-d7f05a14b72a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/46e90153de2039f458c9aa023172e69e\/2026-08-08t140850z-1402556194-rc26umaooozg-rtrmadp-3-canada-wildfires.jpg 1x, 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