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9 August 2026

Wildfire forces thousands of evacuations in Western Canada

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Source reporting: Al Jazeera English

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Wildfire forces thousands of evacuations in Western Canada

A fast-moving wildfire has forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate parts of British Columbia’s Okanagan region.

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