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The blaze, last pegged at around five hectares by B.C. Wildfire Service, has displaced dozens of people from at least 30 homes, though officials are still unclear at this time how many have been forced out.

While emergency shelter operator Patty Otteson in Penticton said it was around 30 homes evacuated, acting Fire Chief Denis Gaudry said that number香蕉视频直播檚 likely higher than 100.

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Among those incidentals, Otteson said the regional district offers a clothing allowance and things like toothbrushes.

Among the evacuees was Scottish vacationer Gordon McClynont, who said the blaze came about 400 yards from their cabin at Ponderosa Point.

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McClynont said it didn香蕉视频直播檛 take an evacuation notice to get him and his family out of there, adding that the scene was too busy with evacuees and emergency vehicles to even look back.

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Denis Gaudry said firefighters got a call to a tree that was on fire, but that quickly spread due to hot, dry conditions and a bit of wind.

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Since then, Gaudry added that cooler conditions with more humidity and less wind at night has meant more of a downhill battle than previously trying to fight the fire.

He says it香蕉视频直播檚 likely upwards of 100 homes evacuated, though until he gets a better assessment of the situation, it香蕉视频直播檚 hard to tell.

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Gaudry says a night shift will be tackling the fire overnight, with a full crew set to hit the blaze again in the morning.

At this point, it香蕉视频直播檚 not clear the cause, or even the location of ignition, but because it wasn香蕉视频直播檛 caused by lightning, it was most likely human caused.

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Otteson said four people from that incident are still being put up in the gym.

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UPDATE: 7 p.m.

The BC Wildfire Service says 35 forest firefighters continue to battle the blaze alongside the Kaleden Fire Department.

The fire is currently estimated at 5.5 hectares in size.

Reports from the scene indicate one house and one outbuilding has now been lost in the blaze. Officials have not yet confirmed numbers, but RCMP did say at least one home was fully engulfed.

Acting Kaleden fire chief Denis Gaudry says an earlier reported injury was suffered by a firefighter. That firefighter has since been seen by paramedics and is back out battling the blaze.

More details to come.

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Update: 6:26 p.m.

Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth with the Penticton RCMP has confirmed that at least one house has caught fire in the blaze in the area of Kaleden.

Wrigglesworth said he saw a house fully engulfed in flames, adding that there have been injuries resulting from the wildfire.

Police are on scene, helping to get people to safety.

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Update: 6 p.m.

A wildfire that started just before 4 p.m. near Kaleden continues to burn.

Crews from the B.C. Wildfire service continue to assist the Kaleden Fire Department, along with firefighters from the Penticton department.

According to B.C. Wildfire, there are 35 firefighters battling the blaze, which is still estimated at about one hectare in size. There are also two helicopters and three fixed-wing aircraft responding to the fire; two of the planes are bombers.

There are homes and other structures nearby, but there are currently no evacuation notices or alerts.

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Smoke is rising above Kaleden, just outside of Penticton off of Highway 97.

According to B.C. Wildfire Service both the Kaleden fire department and forestry crews are on scene.

Air support is on the way to the blaze.

The fire is estimated to be 1 hectare in size at this time.

Structures are threatened and flames can be seen from the roadside; however an evacuation alert has not yet been put into place.

There is currently no cause for the blaze.

A reporter is headed to the area and more information is to follow.