Excerpt from CBC
The historic Lake Okanagan Resort was one of an untold number of buildings destroyed by the wildfire still raging in West Kelowna, B.C.
West Kelowna resident Les York says he watched from a boat on the lake as the resort burned in the McDougall Creek wildfire on Friday morning.
York says he could hear explosions as flames engulfed the buildings, and he saw numerous other lakeside properties destroyed.
"It was quite the catastrophic event to look at. People have no idea," York told CBC News.
RCMP and provincial officials have both warned the public not to approach the evacuation zone by boat, saying they are putting themselves and emergency officials at risk.
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