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It's not clear how many homes have been burned in the North Shuswap region on B.C. But many communities remain on evacuation order or alert.

The wind shifted Friday afternoon, pushing the fire back towards a number of neighbourhoods.

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WEST KELOWNA — Homes were ablaze on Friday in West Kelowna, B.C., with firefighters locked in a pitched battle against a rampaging wildfire that helped trigger a provincewide state of emergency.

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YELLOWKNIFE — More than 19,000 people left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours as one of the largest firefighting mobilizations in the history of the Northwest Territories continued to protect the city from an encroaching wildfire.

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The order, which allows the province to restrict travel, comes as roughly 15,000 homes are on evacuation alert across B.C.

What could have a been a devastating fire and an evacuation for the Blaeberry area north of Golden, B.C., was avoided thanks to those on the scene