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By JAMIE STENGLE and WUFEI YU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a weary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return.<\/p>\n

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In western Canada, over 20,000 people were forced to flee communities along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia over the weekend as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed homes and dozens had to be rescued by aircraft.<\/p>\n

Anette Boulet was among residents who fled Summerland, home to about 12,000 people. As she and her family left around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, their home was shrouded in smoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou couldn\u2019t see barely. It was, it was just dark, and the ridge, the ridge of fire just coming towards you,\u201d said Boulet, who evacuated to a center in Penticton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no words to express it,\u201d she said. \u201cThe fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides the evacuations in Summerland, the Bald Range fire, first reported Friday evening, has also led to the evacuation of about 8,000 people in and around nearby Peachland. British Columbia declared a state of emergency Saturday because of the wildfires.<\/p>\n

Eleanor Olszewski, Canada\u2019s minister of emergency management and community resilience, said Sunday on social media that she\u2019d approved a request for federal assistance from British Columbia to provide shelter and accommodations for those forced to flee.<\/p>\n

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Residents on edge as wildfires burn<\/h4>\n

In the U.S., residents in some areas north of Spokane, Washington, were being advised Sunday to leave their homes. Residents in the rural towns of Malden and Rosalia, located about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Spokane, saw their evacuation level downgraded Sunday after being urged to leave the previous day after two fires started nearby. The area, though, is on alert.<\/p>\n

John Goyke, mayor of Rosalia and the water operator for Malden, said that he saw the trees on the rolling hills burning Sunday morning. He put Malden on a water restriction Saturday night so water could be saved for fire trucks, and Malden\u2019s fire department began trucking water from Rosalia.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe wind is fairly calm. The fire is not progressing,\u201d Goyke said, \u201cbut we\u2019re using social media and Facebook to keep in contact with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2020, Malden was was mostly destroyed by a wildfire, losing its fire station, post office, city hall and library.<\/p>\n

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Two killed fighting wildfire when helicopter crashes<\/h4>\n

In Utah, two helicopter pilots were killed when their aircraft crashed while they were fighting a wildfire Friday morning in the Fishlake National Forest. Crews were finally able to get to the site Saturday to confirm the deaths.<\/p>\n

Officials said Sunday that fire activity had prevented them from quickly reaching the area amid steep, rough terrain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first got there we could see two different plumes of smoke, one from the crash site, one from an active fire coming towards us,\u201d Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said.<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n

Associated Press reporter Holly Ramer contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

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