400 properties ordered evacuated after wildfire closes highway in B.C.’s Okanagan region

400 properties ordered evacuated after wildfire closes highway in B.C.’s Okanagan region

A critical highway in B.C.'s Okanagan region has reopened after a nearby wildfire prompted the evacuation of 400 properties.The Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) had been closed in both directions from the junction of Highway 97 to the junction of Highway 5A,

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