A fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 230 homes.
一場快速移動的野火燒毀了約230間房屋。
This happened in an Indigenous community in western Canada.
這件事發生在加拿大西部的一個原住民社區。
Officials said this on Tuesday.
官員在星期二說了這件事。
Dan Wilson is the chief of the Okanagan Indian Band.
丹·威爾遜是奧肯納根印第安人樂隊的首領。
He said the Bradley Creek wildfire destroyed much of a reserve community.
他說布拉德利溪野火燒毀了保留區社區的大部分。
The community is near Vernon.
這個社區在弗農附近。
Vernon is about 440 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
弗農在溫哥華東北約440公里。
Wilson said it was hard to see his community from the air.
威爾遜說從空中看他的社區很難。
The buildings and the forest were gone.
建築物和森林都不見了。
This destruction is one of Canada's worst recent wildfires.
這次破壞是加拿大最近最嚴重的野火之一。
A fire in Jasper, Alberta, in 2024 destroyed about 350 homes.
2024年,亞伯達省賈斯珀的一場火燒毀了約350間房屋。
A fire in 2023 destroyed about 200 homes.
2023年的一場火燒毀了約200間房屋。
That fire was the McDougall Creek wildfire.
那場火是麥克杜格爾溪野火。
It was also in British Columbia's Okanagan region.
它也在不列顛哥倫比亞省的奧肯納根地區。
Wilson called the destruction "surreal."
威爾遜稱這次破壞「超現實」。
He said it was one of the darkest days in the band's history.
他說這是樂隊歷史上最黑暗的日子之一。
The fire started late Friday.
火在星期五晚上開始。
Wind gusts were up to 115 kilometers per hour.
風速高達每小時115公里。
Wilson said the fire spread very fast.
威爾遜說火蔓延得很快。
Some members had only five minutes to leave.
有些成員只有五分鐘可以離開。
Aerial firefighting crews helped save important buildings.
空中滅火隊幫忙救了重要的建築物。
They saved a daycare center and a new school.
他們救了一間托兒所和一間新學校。
Louis Fred fled with his family.
路易斯·弗雷德和他的家人逃走了。
He said he had never seen anything like it.
他說他從來沒有看過這樣的事。
He compared it to a huge fire in 2021.
他把它比作2021年的一場大火。
About 8,000 people have left their homes across British Columbia.
大約八千人離開了家,他們在不列顛哥倫比亞省。
Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said this.
緊急管理部長凱利·格林說了這件事。
There were 37 evacuation orders on Tuesday.
星期二有三十七個撤離命令。
The conditions change every hour.
情況每小時都在改變。
The BC Wildfire Service said about 120 wildfires were burning.
BC野火服務處說大約一百二十場野火在燒。
About 50 of them were out of control.
其中大約五十場失控了。
Prime Minister Mark Carney said his thoughts were with everyone.
總理馬克·卡尼說他的心和大家在一起。
Their lives were changed by the fires.
他們的生活被火改變了。