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Canada Task Force 1, a heavy urban search and rescue team, completed more than 500 rapid damage assessments on homes and properties in the area this week.

Officials say about 170 homes and other buildings have been reported damaged or destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region of British Columbia, almost doubling the known structural losses in the province's ravaged Interior.

‘We want this cooperation – it’s critical. We cannot do this ourselves’

Provincial officials say residents defying evacuation orders in B.C.s Shuswap region are undermining the "unified" fight against the wildfires and compromising first responders safety – as tensions in the region remain high.

Newscapes Security of Scotch Creek handcuffed by being told not to leave their property

Citizens urged to evacuate, firefighters available to deal with any issues that arise

A travel ban intended to free up accommodations in parts of British Columbia hardest-hit by raging wildfires will largely lift by day's end, provincial officials said Tuesday as those in affected communities began getting a clearer sense of the damag

Helicopters were back in the air dropping buckets in the North Shuswap Tuesday after they were grounded for several days due to low visibility brought on by heavy smoke. Another battle is raging alongside the wildfire fight—one between officials, and residents who feel they’ve been abandoned.

‘Waterboys’ take on wildfires and roadblocks to save homes in B.C.'s North Shuswap

The Bush Creek East wildfire in British Columbia's Shuswap jumped from 7,000 hectares that moved 20 kilometres south in just under 12 hours and grew to 41,000 hectares.