Thousands in B.C. forced from their homes due to ongoing wildfires across province

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If the power or data on your device is low, you can get wildfire updates on CBC Lite, our low-bandwidth, text-only website.

The latest on the wildfires:

B.C.’s fight against wildfires continues Saturday, after blazes flared up on Friday night and destroyed properties in in the Central Okanagan region.

The province is under a state of emergency due to hundreds of wildfires, with the emergency management minister saying 15,000 people had been told to leave their homes, and a further 20,000 had been told to get ready to leave at a moment’s notice.

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The McDougall Creek wildfire burning in West Kelowna grew more than a hundredfold —

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