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Provincial officials have ordered the evacuation of approximately 30,000 individuals in western Canada's British Columbia, amidst escalating wildfires, media reports said. Bowinn Ma, British Columbia's minister of emergency management and climate readiness, spoke about the dynamic nature of the wildfire crisis. "The situation is highly dynamic and the numbers are changing all the time, but as of now we are currently hovering at about 30,000 people on evacuation order and an additional 36,000 people on evacuation alert," Ma said The situation has become particularly dire for the city of Kelowna, which is now facing the immediate threat of a raging wildfire. With a population of 150,000, Kelowna is grappling with dense smoke. With this, it joins the list of Canadian population centres hit by this summer's extensive wildfires. The nationwide outbreak of wildfires has already scorched millions of acres of land.