Scorching temperatures and weeks without significant rainfall have allowed wildfires to pop up across B.C., forcing evacuations for hundreds of properties over the long weekend. In the Okanagan, an aggressive wildfire near Peachland expanded to 10 times its previous size overnight, and residents of 55 properties west of Summerland were ordered to evacuate Sunday afternoon. The Finlay Creek wildfire is now estimated at 1,000 hectares, up from 100 on Saturday night, according to the B.C. Firefighters work to contain a fire burning near Finlay Creek, which is about seven kilometres from Peachland, B.C. "We need to be ready and have our families ready, so that if the situation changes in our immediate area, we're ready to go on a moment's notice," she said.

Source: CBC News September 03, 2017 18:02 UTC