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Bald Range: ‘Explosive’ na Apoy, Estado ng Emerhensiya at Posibleng Pagkamatay — Vancouver, Sabado

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🚑 Breaking & Incidents

  1. Ang apoy sa Bald Range tinatayang higit sa 100 kilometrong kuwadrado at tinawag na “explosive”. Iniulat ng BC Wildfire Service na lumawak ang apoy nang higit sa 100 kilometrong kuwadrado sa loob ng 24 oras mula nang mag-umpisa sa paligid ng Summerland noong Biyernes. Idineklara ni Premier David Eby ang probinsiyal na Estado ng Emerhensiya habang iniuulat ng mga tauhan ang mga rescue gamit ang helicopter sa hindi bababa sa 55 tao at libu-libong ari-arian ang nakasailalim sa utos na lumikas.

  2. Idineklara ni Premier David Eby ang probinsiyal na Estado ng Emerhensiya habang pinilitang lumikas ang maraming residente dahil sa wildfire. Sinabi ni Eby na mahigit 20,000 katao sa buong B.C. ang napilitang umalis sa kanilang mga tahanan at kinumpirma na 18 sasakyang panghimpapawid ang tumulong magligtas ng higit sa 50 tao mula sa Bald Range fire. Inmobilisa ng probinsya ang mga lokal na departamento ng bumbero, RCMP, search-and-rescue teams at ginamit muli ang mga firefighting aircraft para sa mga evacuations.

  3. Inutos ang paglikas ng buong Summerland — humigit-kumulang 12,000 residente ang nasa ilalim ng utos. Sakop ng utos ng paglikas na inisyu Biyernes ng gabi ang Summerland sa kanlurang bahagi ng Okanagan Lake matapos lumaki ang wildfire nang higit sa 5,000 hektarya sa loob ng ilang oras at magpakita ng agresibong pag-uugali na antas 5, na may mga spot na umaabot hanggang isang kilometro sa unahan ng pangunahing apoy.

  4. Ibinabalita ng RCMP ang posibleng pagkamatay dahil sa Summerland wildfire; inimbestigahan ng coroner. Sinabi ng Southeast District RCMP na isang residente ng Meadow Valley ang nag-ulat ng posibleng pagkamatay at nakikipagtulungan ang BC Coroners Service sa pulisya para kumpirmahin ang kaso sa gitna ng mapanganib at paminsan-minsang wasak na komunikasyon sa rehiyon.

  5. Maraming matatanda sa residential care ang inilipat; ang iba ay diniskarte sa apat hanggang limang oras na biyahe. Inilipat ng mga health teams ang dose-dosenang residenteng care-home mula Summerland patungong Kelowna at ibang pasilidad matapos magsara ang Highway 97; ang isang transport na karaniwang tumatagal ng wala pang 45 minuto ay kinailangang idaan pa sa Princeton at Osoyoos at umabot ng mga apat hanggang limang oras.

  6. Mga boluntaryong grupo nakaligtas ng maraming hayop: 52 kabayo, 25 kambing at anim na tupa. Iniulat ng mga koponan na nagtrabaho buong gabi na nakaligtas sila ng hindi bababa sa 52 kabayo, 25 kambing at anim na tupa mula sa lugar ng Summerland at binuksan ng B.C. Livestock Producers Co-op ang kanilang stockyard sa Okanagan Falls na may dagdag na espasyo sa Kamloops.

  7. Video nagpapakita ng mga residente ng Faulder na nagsagip ng mga aso mula sa sasakyang nalagablab. Sinabi ni Jarrot Stolar sa Global News na natabunan ng apoy ang gilid ng kanilang sasakyan habang hinihila nila palabas ang mga aso; nagkaroon siya ng bahagyang paso at sinabi na hindi pa niya alam kung nakatayo pa ang kanyang bahay.

  8. Nagpapakita ang kuha ng Global News ng paglaki ng Bald Range fire sa gabi at sukat na 10,340.7 hektarya. Rehistrado ng mga kamera ang mabilis na paglawak sa loob ng 45 segundo matapos mag-umpisa ang apoy bandang 5:30 n.h.; inilista ng probinsya ang apoy sa 10,340.7 hektarya noong 3 p.m. ng Sabado at inilarawan ng mga tauhan ang paulit-ulit na nagbabagong, mapanganib na kundisyon.

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