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Is there enough accommodation for B.C. wildfire evacuees?

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Is there enough accommodation for B.C. wildfire evacuees?

August 6, 2021

At Friday's wildfire update, Global News reporter Keith Baldrey asks Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth if the government has secured enough space to house evacuees. Farnworth says about 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and that the government is working with communities to provide accommodation for everyone.

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