Okanagan Wildfires: Limit Development
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•Study of 2023 Okanagan wildfires recommends limiting development in high-risk areas
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Study of 2023 Okanagan wildfires recommends limiting development in high-risk areas.
The fires set more than 300 buildings ablaze, forced more than 30,000 people to flee and caused about $480 million in insured losses.
Embers and not direct contact with advancing flames were “almost exclusively” responsible for helping wildfires move into neighbourhoods.