As of Saturday, 9,444 Central Okanagan residents have been placed on evacuation alert, while an additional 10,782 residents have been ordered out of their homes.
The break firefighters defending the capital of the Northwest Territories got at the start of the weekend due to rainy weather is expected to end today, while more than 30,000 people are under evacuation orders in the Kelowna and West Kelowna area. Follow updates from our reporters
KELOWNA, B.C. - Robert Pullen and his husband, Warren, got a knock on their door on Thursday night from a neighbour, and estimate they had about 10 minutes to get out the door.