Fires are sweeping through western Canada, with official in British Columbia declaring a state of emergency an at least 15,000 people ordered evacuated, while on Maui, search crews found more bodies in the ashes, bringing the death toll to 114.
The Washington Post reports the Canadian town of Kelowna, with 150,000 residents, has been placed under a state of emergency as fires burn on the outskirts of the city. “We are facing the worst wildfire season in our province’s history,” British Columbia’s Premier David Eby said Friday. “In just the last 24 hours, the situation has evolved and deteriorated quite rapidly. … If you get an evacuation order, please leave,” he said. “The situation is unpredictable right now, and there are certainly difficult days ahead.”
With the wildfires on the island nearly completely contained, officials on Maui are now sifting through the rubble attempting to identify bodies, per CBS News. In an address Friday, Democratic Hawaii Governor Josh Green said more than 2,200 had been destroyed and other 500 damaged, with between 1,100 and 1,300 unaccounted for.