3,200 Flee Wildfire; Landmarks Destroyed
A wildfire near the British Columbia town of Kelowna has forced 3,200 people to evacuate for the second time in two weeks and destroyed five railway trestle bridges that are national historic landmarks and popular tourist attractions, officials said.
Winds fanned the Okanagan Mountain blaze, enlarging it to nearly 57,000 acres. The fire was sparked by lightning Aug. 16. Officials said there was little they could do to protect about a dozen remaining bridges in Myra Canyon, south of Kelowna, which were built in the early 1900s and are now links in the Trans Canada hiking and biking trail.
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