People watch from downtown Kelowna, B.C., as the McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills above West Kelowna, B.C., on the evening of Aug. 17, 2023. The blaze, which measured at 1,100 hectares that same night, has resulted in thousands of evacuation alerts, and led to the the City of West Kelowna and parts of Westbank First Nation declaring a state of emergency that earlier that day. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for the Globe and Mail)
People watch from downtown Kelowna, B.C., as the McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills above West Kelowna, B.C., on the evening of Aug. 17, 2023. The blaze, which measured at 1,100 hectares that same night, has resulted in thousands of evacuation alerts, and led to the the City of West Kelowna and parts of Westbank First Nation declaring a state of emergency that earlier that day. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for the Globe and Mail)
Aaron Hemens 