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Some structural damage reported after wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., grows 800 hectares overnight
Entire city of Merritt, B.C., on evacuation alert due to wildfire The fire erupted late Sunday afternoon north of Highway 97C, the Okanagan Connector, and grew rapidly.The Emergency Operations Centre said it expects a dynamic day on the fire front.It’s not known if any structures were lost to the flames overnight but the centre is expected to provide an update later in the morning.On Sunday night, 460 properties, namely in the upper westerly parts of Glenrosa, have been placed on an evacuation order, while the remainder of the entire Glenrosa area is on an alert.That also includes 226 properties in the area west of Glen Canyon and Goats Peak, inclusive of 3801 Gellatly Road south (north end) to 300 Seclusion Bay Rd (south end).Just after