More Evacuation Alerts for Southern BC, Wildfire but Cooler Weather Could Help

More Evacuation Alerts for Southern BC, Wildfire but Cooler Weather Could Help
Burned trees are seen above a neighbourhood in West Kelowna, B.C. on Aug. 25, 2023. The Canadian Press/Marissa Tiel
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Most of the District of Peachland along the west side of Okanagan Lake is now on evacuation alert as drought, heat and windy conditions in southern British Columbia fuel the late-season Glen Lake wildfire.

The Central Okanagan Regional District expanded evacuation alerts Monday as the BC Wildfire Service said the suspected human-caused blaze had grown to nearly eight square kilometres after being sparked on Saturday.