Kelowna fire chief Travis Whiting told the briefing he was also \u0022very excited\u0022 about the advances being made
“They know their family’s being evacuated while they’re trying to defend their neighbour’s home and they just keep going.”
There has been no known loss of life in the Central Okanagan, while the number of properties destroyed has yet to be tallied.Article content Volunteers mixed with evacuees at the facility on Saturday afternoon, filling plates from tables of food. “If there are commercial kitchens that are looking to do food, they can come to Prospera and meet with a staff member, get on a schedule that we’re creating as we’re finding all the foods coming at once and we don’t want to waste anything.”Article content
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