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West Kelowna Declares State Of Emergency Over Encroaching Wildfire - Canada

Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, B.C., Canada, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Provincial officials warned Thursday the next 48 hours could be the most challenging during B.C.’s record-breaking fire season that has killed two firefighters and burned an area equal to half the size of Vancouver Island. Photo by Joe O'Connal/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Kelowna Declares State Of Emergency Over Encroaching Wildfire - Canada

Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, B.C., Canada, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Provincial officials warned Thursday the next 48 hours could be the most challenging during B.C.’s record-breaking fire season that has killed two firefighters and burned an area equal to half the size of Vancouver Island. Photo by Joe O'Connal/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Kelowna Declares State Of Emergency Over Encroaching Wildfire - Canada

Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, B.C., Canada, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Provincial officials warned Thursday the next 48 hours could be the most challenging during B.C.’s record-breaking fire season that has killed two firefighters and burned an area equal to half the size of Vancouver Island. Photo by Joe O'Connal/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Kelowna Declares State Of Emergency Over Encroaching Wildfire - Canada

Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, B.C., Canada, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Provincial officials warned Thursday the next 48 hours could be the most challenging during B.C.’s record-breaking fire season that has killed two firefighters and burned an area equal to half the size of Vancouver Island. Photo by Joe O'Connal/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Kelowna Declares State Of Emergency Over Encroaching Wildfire - Canada

A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna is challenging firefighting crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the season so far. Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire is seen from Westbank, B.C., Canada, Thursday, August 17, 2023. Photo by Joe O'Connal/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Kelowna Declares State Of Emergency Over Encroaching Wildfire - Canada

Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, B.C., Canada, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Provincial officials warned Thursday the next 48 hours could be the most challenging during B.C.’s record-breaking fire season that has killed two firefighters and burned an area equal to half the size of Vancouver Island. Photo by Joe O'Connal/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM