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The Desert Park Exhibition Society in Osoyoos is offering their horse stalls for free boarding to wildfire evacuees.                                Mark Brett/Penticton Western News

Barns available for wildfire evacuees

Desert Park Exhibition Society offering barn space at no cost to horse owners in the path of wildfire

The Desert Park Exhibition Society in Osoyoos is offering their horse stalls for free boarding to wildfire evacuees.                                Mark Brett/Penticton Western News
BREAKING: Princeton fire grows to 2,700 hectares overnight

BREAKING: Princeton fire grows to 2,700 hectares overnight

140 firefighters are deployed to the suppression effort today

BREAKING: Princeton fire grows to 2,700 hectares overnight
Heavy smoke form the Ashcroft Reserve fires still blankets the region. (Barbara Roden/Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal)

Thick smokes still blankets Ashcroft

Regional district has created Facebook pages to help direct aid

Heavy smoke form the Ashcroft Reserve fires still blankets the region. (Barbara Roden/Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal)
VIDEO: Help pours in from all over Canada for evacuees, firefighters in B.C.
VIDEO: Help pours in from all over Canada for evacuees, firefighters in B.C.
A forest fires to the west of Cache Creek. (Spearacanoe/Twitter)

Cache Creek electoral areas E, I, J under evacuation alert

Thompson-Nicola Regional District issues an evacuation alert

A forest fires to the west of Cache Creek. (Spearacanoe/Twitter)
Image credit: Facebook/BC Wildfire Evacuee Support

Supplies are on the way now

“These guys are just amazing…they cover their own gas and they don’t ask for anything.”

Image credit: Facebook/BC Wildfire Evacuee Support
A city-wide evacuation alert has been issued for the entire city of Williams Lake due to forecasted weather conditions. Angie Mindus photo.

VIDEO: Evacuation alert issued for Williams Lake

Williams Lake CAO “fairly confident” that there will be no evacuation order Monday night

A city-wide evacuation alert has been issued for the entire city of Williams Lake due to forecasted weather conditions. Angie Mindus photo.
YMCA opens door to evacuees

YMCA opens door to evacuees

There are 12 YMCA locations across the province accepting evacuees.

YMCA opens door to evacuees
Call line open to find lost loved ones

Call line open to find lost loved ones

A call line is available for families whose loved ones have been relocated due to wildfire activity

Call line open to find lost loved ones
WestJet airlines. (WestJet.com)

WestJet fare break for fire victims

WestJet is offering a 25%-off promo code for those wishing to leave Kelowna, Penticton and Kamloops

WestJet airlines. (WestJet.com)
PHOTOS: Wildfires engulf parts of B.C.

PHOTOS: Wildfires engulf parts of B.C.

A gallery of photos from around the province as thousands are evacuated from their homes

PHOTOS: Wildfires engulf parts of B.C.
Ashcroft wildfire hits 6,100 hectares

Ashcroft wildfire hits 6,100 hectares

Some 120 firefighters, eight helicopters, and eight pieces of heavy equipment are fighting the blaze

Ashcroft wildfire hits 6,100 hectares
(Laura Dalby/Twitter)

14,000 evacuated due to B.C. wildfires

Firefighters from Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan are on their way

(Laura Dalby/Twitter)
B.C. forests more fire-prone than in the past

B.C. forests more fire-prone than in the past

One expert says past firefighting efforts have made B.C. forests more fire-prone

B.C. forests more fire-prone than in the past
B.C. wildfire situation deteriorates

B.C. wildfire situation deteriorates

B.C. orders more people to evacuate as wildfire situation deteriorates

B.C. wildfire situation deteriorates
BREAKING: Further evacuation orders issued in Princeton

BREAKING: Further evacuation orders issued in Princeton

As of Monday morning, the BC Widlfire Service estimates the Princeton fire at 2,000 hectares

BREAKING: Further evacuation orders issued in Princeton
VIDEO: Fires near Quesnel remain steady

VIDEO: Fires near Quesnel remain steady

Dragon Mountain and Narcosli Creek fires not growing yet

VIDEO: Fires near Quesnel remain steady
Eye in the sky: Google Earth view of fires

Eye in the sky: Google Earth view of fires

Watch the current wildfire situation via Google Earth.

Eye in the sky: Google Earth view of fires
Wildfires are raging on in B.C.’s interior. (BC Wildfire Service)

Airbnb hosts open up their homes to wildfire evacuees

First responders and displaced B.C. residents can connect with a host

Wildfires are raging on in B.C.’s interior. (BC Wildfire Service)
Anaham residents Cecil Grinder and Clayton Stump load up their vehicle with food and emergency supplies in Williams Lake Sunday evening with plans to take it back to community members in the evacuation zone in the Chilcotin.

‘We have to try and save our homes’: Tl’etinqox First Nation

The members are gathering at the Anaham Band office to serve food and water as they wait it out

Anaham residents Cecil Grinder and Clayton Stump load up their vehicle with food and emergency supplies in Williams Lake Sunday evening with plans to take it back to community members in the evacuation zone in the Chilcotin.