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A fast-moving wildfire forces more than 20,000 people to evacuate in western Canada

A fast-moving wildfire forces more than 20,000 people to evacuate in western CanadaWorldPing

More than 20,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in western Canada overnight as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path…

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