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B.C. wildfire update Tuesday: Hundreds more people forced from their homes
were ordered to evacuate immediately due to the fast-moving new Nk’Mip Creek wildfire that sparked Monday evening.The First Nation and the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen also declared a state of local emergency because of the now 1,100-hectare blaze, which broke out at approximately 4 p.m. near Inkameep Road, on the Osoyoos Indian Band Reserve between Oliver and Osoyoos, B.C.“I’ve seen a lot of fires up here.