Canadian Town Wins Respite from Huge Wildfire
Yahoo News - 3 hours ago
By Allan Dowd. KELOWNA, British Columbia (Reuters) - Crews battling
a massive forest fire in Canada's Okanagan Valley have made enough ...

Firefighters catch a break
Canada.com, Canada - 7 hours ago
VANCOUVER -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien called BC fire victims "determined" and
"courageous," and promised the government would make disaster assistance ...

Fire-ravaged BC to get aid
Toronto Star, Canada - 14 hours ago
KELOWNA, BC—Prime Minister Jean Chrétien offered weary residents moral support
— and federal dollars to rebuild — after flying over the fire-ravaged ...

Canadians forced to flee fire
Nzoom.com, New Zealand - 23 Aug 2003
A firestorm that forced 30,000 people to flee their community in western Canada
has destroyed more than 200 houses, reducing them to smoldering rubble ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
ABC News - 23 Aug 2003
Towering flames shooting up 400 feet forced more than 20,000 residents from their
homes as forest fires rampaged past orchards and vineyards and licked at the ...

Okanagan inferno
Canada.com, Canada - 23 Aug 2003
At least 20,000 Kelowna residents were forced to flee from their homes Friday night
as a wind-driven forest fire flared further out of control and threatened ...

Stress blows blood pressure off map in young BC firefighters
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 1 hour ago
KELOWNA, BC (CP) - Signs of stress cracked through the city Monday as doctors reported
disturbingly high blood pressure among firefighters and hundreds who ...

Firestorm abates but danger not over
Edmonton Journal, Canada - 8 hours ago
VANCOUVER - A tentative calm settled over British Columbia's fire zones Sunday as
gusting winds died down and some people were allowed to return to their homes ...

Aid for fire-ravaged Kelowna
Vancouver Sun, Canada - 9 hours ago
After fierce fire-storms wiped out nearly 250 homes on the outskirts of Kelowna
Thursday and Friday nights, light winds brought a sense of tentative calm to ...

Devastating night for Kelowna
CBC British Columbia, Canada - 23 Aug 2003
KELOWNA, BC - Another 20,000 Kelowna residents were forced to flee their homes Friday
night, as wind drove a wall of flames further into the city's southern ...

Thousands more evacuated from British Columbia fire zone
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - 23 Aug 2003
By JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia -- A wildfire burned
through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the edge ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Guardian, UK - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) - A wildfire
burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Kansas City Star, MO - 23 Aug 2003
KELOWNA, British Columbia - A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday,
advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee their ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
ABC News - 23 Aug 2003
A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the edge
of this city and forcing thousands to flee their homes ahead of flames that ...

Over 30000 Flee Wildfires in Western Canada
FOX News - 23 Aug 2003
KELOWNA, British Columbia — Towering flames shooting up 400 feet forced more than
20,000 residents from their homes as forest fires rampaged past orchards ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Guardian, UK - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) - Towering flames
shooting up 400 feet forced more than 20,000 residents from ...

Stress blows blood pressure off map in young BC firefighters
CJAD, Canada - 1 hour ago
KELOWNA, BC (CP) - Stress took its toll among victims of ravenous forest
fires that have licked parts of the city. Hundreds of people ...

Thousands more evacuated from British Columbia fire zone
The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 17 hours ago
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH Associated Press writer Monday, August 25, 2003.
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) -- A wildfire burned through ...

Thousands more evacuated from British Columbia fire zone
The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 24 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH Associated Press writer Sunday, August 24, 2003.
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) -- A wildfire burned through ...

Thousands flee as wildfire advances in BC
Billings Gazette, MT - 24 Aug 2003
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) - A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards
Saturday, advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee ...

Thousands more leave fire zone
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 23 Aug 2003
KELOWNA, British Columbia - A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards yesterday,
advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee their ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Milton Daily Standard, PA - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia - A wildfire burned
through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the edge ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Fredericksburg.com, VA - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards
Saturday, advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands ...

Over 30000 flee blazes in western Canada
Albany Times Union, NY - 23 Aug 2003
By JEREMY HAINSWORTH, Associated Press. KELOWNA, British Columbia -- A
wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Firehouse.com News - 23 Aug 2003
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) _ A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards
Saturday, advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP)--A wildfire burned
through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the ...

Over 30000 flee blazes in western Canada
Penn Live, PA - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — A wildfire
burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Idaho State Journal, ID - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia - Towering flames shooting
up 400 feet forced more than 20,000 residents from their ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP)--Towering flames
shooting up 400 feet forced more than 20,000 residents from ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Montgomery County Record, PA - 23 Aug 2003
By BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia - Towering flames
shooting up 400 feet forced more than 20,000 residents from ...

Fires slam BC economy
The Globe and Mail, Canada - 14 hours ago
By PETER KENNEDY. VANCOUVER -- Forest fires that forced more than
25,000 residents of Kelowna, BC, to evacuate their homes on the ...

Weather Helps Contain Canada Forest Fires
Kansas City Star, MO - 1 hour ago
KELOWNA, British Columbia - Cooler temperatures and milder winds on Sunday helped
firefighters contain a blaze that has destroyed nearly 250 homes and forced ...

Canadian news briefs
Kansas City Star, MO - 2 hours ago
KELOWNA, British Columbia - Up to 3,000 Kelowna residents were allowed to return
to their fire-threatened homes Sunday, although for some it was only temporary ...

Fire forces 30000 to flee homes
Straits Times, Singapore - 5 hours ago
A FIERY cloud hangs dangerously above a residential area in Kelowna,
northeast of Vancouver. The Okanagan Mountain forest fire - moving ...

Forest fire in Canada forces 30000 to flee
Independent, UK - 6 hours ago
By Allan Dowd in Kelowna. A firestorm that forced 30,000 people to flee their community
in western Canada has reduced at least 200 homes to smouldering rubble. ...

Winds Aid Canadian Fire Fight, Chretien to Visit
Reuters, UK - 6 hours ago
By Allan Dowd. KELOWNA, British Columbia (Reuters) - Calmer winds
on Sunday aided exhausted crews fighting a forest fire that has ...

Firefighters make blaze progress
ITV, UK - 7 hours ago
Firefighters battling to control a forest blaze in Canada that has destroyed more
than 200 homes and caused thousands of evacuations have been aided by the ...

Firestorm devastates 200 homes
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 9 hours ago
A firestorm which forced 30,000 people to flee their community in western
Canada has reduced more than 200 houses to smoking rubble. ...

Residents ponder wildfire’s effects
MSNBC - 13 hours ago
By Hanson Hosein. “IT WAS awful out there, it was like a fire storm,”
Kelowna Fire Chief Gerry Zimmerman said. “The fire was ...

BC forest fire claims 200 homes
Toronto Star, Canada - 15 hours ago
VANCOUVER—Sue Daley awoke at a friend's house in Kelowna yesterday to blue skies,
calm breezes and neighbours jogging — sights and sounds of a typical ...

'We got hammered good'
Calgary Sun, Canada - 17 hours ago
KELOWNA -- A rampaging wildfire that's devoured more than 200 homes in this city
tempered its destructive rage yesterday but continued to grow and burn out of ...

Fire forces 30000 from Canadian city
Arizona Republic, AZ - 18 hours ago
KELOWNA, British Columbia - A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards on
Saturday, advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee ...

Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 30000 in Western Canada
Voice of America - 23 Aug 2003
A devastating wildfire in western Canada has destroyed more than 200
homes in the city of Kelowna. About 30,000 people, which is ...

30,000 flee Canada fires
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 23 Aug 2003
A FIRESTORM that forced 30,000 people to flee their community in western Canada
has destroyed more than 200 houses, reducing them to smoldering rubble ...

Canadians forced to flee fire
Nzoom.com, New Zealand - 23 Aug 2003
A firestorm that forced 30,000 people to flee their community in western Canada
has destroyed more than 200 houses, reducing them to smoldering rubble ...

Thirty-Thousand Flee Canadian Forest Fire
Reuters, UK - 23 Aug 2003
By Allan Dowd. KELOWNA, British Columbia (Reuters) - A firestorm
that forced 30,000 people to flee from a town in eastern Canada ...

Over 30000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
ABC News - 23 Aug 2003
Towering flames shooting up 400 feet have destroyed more than 100 houses and forced
about 30,000 residents from their homes as forest fires swept through parts ...

Chretien breaks off from Northern trip to tour BC fire sites
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 23 Aug 2003
IQALUIT (CP) - Prime Minister Jean Chretien will interrupt his tour of the Eastern
Arctic to visit the fire-scarred Okanagan region of British Columbia on ...

Thousands more evacuated from British Columbia fire zone
Star, Malaysia - 23 Aug 2003
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH. KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP): Towering flames
shooting up 400 feet (120 meters) forced more than 20,000 residents ...

Wildfires expand in Western Canada
Boston Globe, MA - 23 Aug 2003
By Jeremy Hainsworth, Associated Press, 8/23/2003. KELOWNA, British
Columbia -- Fueled by dry winds, a swift-moving forest fire swept ...

Thirty-thousand forced to flee Canadian fire
Forbes - 23 Aug 2003
By Allan Dowd. KELOWNA, British Columbia (Reuters) - An estimated
30,000 people found themselves exiled from their homes in Kelowna ...

Twenty-thousand More Evacuated in Western Canada
Reuters, UK - 22 Aug 2003
By Allan Dowd. KELOWNA, British Columbia (Reuters) - Emergency officials
ordered an additional 20,000 people to evacuate their homes ...

Stars' Matvichuk caught up in British Columbia wildfires.
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 22 Aug 2003
By MIKE HEIKA / The Dallas Morning News. Stars defenseman Richard
Matvichuk has become a victim of the wildfires that have swept ...

10000 Flee Homes Ahead of Raging Canada Wildfire
Reuters, UK - 22 Aug 2003
By Allan Dowd. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A raging wildfire
has forced as many as 10,000 people from their homes in ...

5000 Evacuated In Western Canada
CBS News - 22 Aug 2003
(CBS/AP) An aggressive fire began burning houses in Kelowna suburbs in British Columbia
as emergency officials rushed to move 5,000 people from their homes. ...

Kelowna-area evacuation warning expands
Toronto Star, Canada - 22 Aug 2003
KAMLOOPS, BC — As a wildfire near Kelowna grew fivefold in a day, the BC government
issued its most restrictive travel advisory ever today for the tinder-dry ...

Thousands flee British Columbia fire
Ananova, UK - 22 Aug 2003
Five-thousand people have been evacuated from houses which lie in
the path of a forest fire in southern British Columbia. The 51 ...

Thousands flee Canada fire
Nzoom.com, New Zealand - 22 Aug 2003
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in western Canada on Thursday
as a forest fire jumped containment lines and moved into the outskirts of ...

Canadian Fires Threaten as Crews Build Lines
Yahoo News - 22 Aug 2003
By Allan Dowd. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - An acrid mixture
of smoke and anxiety hung over British Columbia's southern ...

BC vineyards feeling heat of forest fires
The Globe and Mail, Canada - 22 Aug 2003
By PETER KENNEDY. VANCOUVER -- Some of British Columbia's best-known
vineyards, including the Cedar Creek and St. Hubertus wineries ...