Yukon fly-in community ordered evacuated due to wildfire risk
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All evacuation orders have now been lifted around Osoyoos in southern B.C., where a wildfire burned to its doorstep late last month after jumping the border from Washington state. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen also rescinded its state of local emergency related to the nearly 71-square-kilometre Eagle Bluff wildfire just west of Osoyoos.
More than 130 properties in or around the southern Okanagan community have been evacuated since the fire jumped the border on July 29, but the orders have been eased as the BC Wildfire Service says the blaze is no longer likely to spread.Evacuation orders have been downgraded to alerts and the regional district says homes that were previously on alert are cleared of further restrictions.
At the height of the emergency, evacuation orders covered more than 700 properties while 2,000 more were on alert as strong winds blew the fire toward Osoyoos, but a shift in winds the next day veered flames away from the town.
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