A fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 230 homes.
一场快速移动的野火烧毁了大约230所房子。
This happened in an Indigenous community in western Canada.
这件事发生在加拿大西部的一个原住民社区。
Officials said this on Tuesday.
官员在星期二说了这件事。
Dan Wilson is the chief of the Okanagan Indian Band.
丹·威尔逊是奥肯纳根印第安人乐队的首领。
He said the Bradley Creek wildfire destroyed much of a reserve community.
他说布拉德利溪野火烧毁了一个保留地社区的大部分。
The community is near Vernon.
这个社区在弗农附近。
Vernon is about 440 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
弗农在温哥华东北方向大约440公里。
Wilson said it was hard to see his community from the air.
威尔逊说从空中看他的社区很难。
The buildings and the forest were gone.
房子和森林都没有了。
This destruction is one of Canada's worst recent wildfires.
这次破坏是加拿大最近最严重的野火之一。
A fire in Jasper, Alberta, in 2024 destroyed about 350 homes.
2024年,贾斯珀的一场火毁掉了大约350个家。
A fire in 2023 destroyed about 200 homes.
2023年的一场火毁掉了大约200个家。
That fire was the McDougall Creek wildfire.
那场火是麦克杜格尔溪野火。
It was also in British Columbia's Okanagan region.
它也在不列颠哥伦比亚省的奥肯纳根地区。
Wilson called the destruction "surreal."
威尔逊称这次破坏是“超现实的”。
He said it was one of the darkest days in the band's history.
他说这是乐队历史上最黑暗的日子之一。
The fire started late Friday.
火在星期五晚上开始了。
Wind gusts were up to 115 kilometers per hour.
阵风速度达到每小时115公里。
Wilson said the fire spread very fast.
威尔逊说火蔓延得很快。
Some members had only five minutes to leave.
一些成员只有五分钟离开。
Aerial firefighting crews helped save important buildings.
空中消防队帮助救了重要的建筑。
They saved a daycare center and a new school.
他们救了一个托儿所和一所新学校。
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.
他说他从未见过这样的事。
He compared it to a huge fire in 2021.
他把它比作2021年的一场大火。
About 8,000 people have left their homes across British Columbia.
大约8000人离开了他们在不列颠哥伦比亚省的家。
Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said this.
应急管理部长凯利·格林说了这个。
There were 37 evacuation orders on Tuesday.
星期二有37个疏散命令。
The conditions change every hour.
情况每小时都在变化。
The BC Wildfire Service said about 120 wildfires were burning.
BC野火服务处说大约120场野火在燃烧。
About 50 of them were out of control.
其中大约50场失控了。
Prime Minister Mark Carney said his thoughts were with everyone.
总理马克·卡尼说他的心和大家在一起。
Their lives were changed by the fires.
他们的生活被火灾改变了。