The McDougall Creek wildfire burning above the hills in West Kelowna, B.C., is reflected in Okanagan Lake 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)

The McDougall Creek wildfire burning above the hills in West Kelowna, B.C., is reflected in Okanagan Lake 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)

The McDougall Creek wildfire burning above the hills in West Kelowna, B.C., is reflected in Okanagan Lake 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)

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