Canada: Over 30,000 forced to flee as wildfires intensify
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Over 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in British Columbia, Canada, as a devastating wildfire threatened the city of Kelowna, AFP reported. British Columbia's Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, Bowinn Ma, said 36,000 more people had been put on evacuation alert as the situation remains highly dynamic. Kelowna, with a population of 150,000, is the latest city to be affected by the wildfires that have ravaged millions of acres across Canada this summer.