Five-thousand people have been evacuated from houses in the path of a forest fire in southern British Columbia.
The 51-square-mile fire in Okanagan Mountain Park has been fed by hot, dry weather and strong winds.
Residents of suburbs near Kelowna were evacuated after it jumped a fire break near their homes. They were housed overnight in two emergency reception centres.
More than 100 firefighters and 11 helicopters were tackling the blaze as 50 bulldozers cleared another fire break around it.
AP
