At least 50 West Kelowna structures lost to wildfire, but worst hit areas yet to be surveyed

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More than 50 structures are confirmed fully or partially destroyed by the McDougall Creek fire in West Kelowna. More help is on the way, as hundreds of firefighters from Mexico and South Africa are set to arrive. Smoke is blanketing much of the province, prompting air quality advisories and special weather statements. A provincewide state of emergency is in place in B.C. Here’s what it means. Non-essential travel to the southern Interior has been restricted as 27,000 people are under evacuation orders, around a third of them in the Kelowna area.  Homes have been

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