Residents of British Columbia’s Shuswap region must wait another day for evacuation orders to lift
The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District says in a message on its website that the year will begin a day late, with a half day of classes on Wednesday for most of its roughly 6,000 students.devastated several communities, won’t start school until next Monday, and will be temporarily relocated almost 50 kilometres away while power is restored and repairs are made.
Regional district information officer Tim Conrad says the wildfire has destroyed 176 homes, cabins and other structures in the north Shuswap and damaged another 50. Thousands of people were chased from their homes starting Aug. 17 when the McDougall Creek fire was fanned by strong winds and quickly burned numerous homes.
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