The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District issued an evacuation order late Saturday for 16 properties in a rural area south of Princeton, B.C., because of the out-of-control Calcite Creek wildfire.

Evacuation orders and alerts have been issued in British Columbia’s North Okanagan as a nearby wildfire burns out of control, nearly doubling in size since Tuesday. Tracy Hughes, communications ...

There are 370 wildfires burning across British Columbia, however, thanks to weather conditions, many of the wildfires in the Okanagan experienced minimal growth since Saturday.