Multiple buildings have been damaged by two separate fires in the Kelowna area. Thousands of properties remain under evacuation order Monday after "exceptional" high winds fuelled dozens of wildfires across B.C., sending flames barrelling toward entire communities. There has also been "limited damage" in West Kelowna, to the south, due to the separate Mount Law fire. "The fire quickly grew and became, quite frankly, a nightmare for our community," West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund said Monday in an interview. A couple looks at the newly ignited Mount Law wildfire, near Peachland and Glenrosa on the west side of Okanagan Lake, from Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 15.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 14:20 UTC