On July 18, 2009, 3 wildfires broke out around the city of West Kelowna, British Columbia during extremely dry and windy conditions. Over 20,000 people...

West Kelowna, formerly known as Westside and colloquially known as Westbank, is a city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley on the west shore of Okanagan...

Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15...

hectares of land. In July 2009, wildfires destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest and a number of buildings in West Kelowna; 17,000 residents were evacuated...

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because of wildfires". Media_in_Kelowna. August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023. Kelowna International Airport Page from the City of Kelowna website...

turn into wildfires. Modern forest management often engages in prescribed burns to mitigate risk and promote natural forest cycles. Wildfires are often...

of wildfires in Canada. Pollution due to a global increase in wildfires has created widespread, long-term impacts on human health. Due to wildfire emissions...

of notable wildfires. 2017 Knysna fires, South Africa 2021 Algeria wildfires 2021 Table Mountain fire, South Africa 2022 Moroccan wildfires 2024 Western...

of droughts and wildfires in this ecoregion. Wildfires of note include the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire, 2009 West Kelowna wildfires, and 2017 British...