131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap, B.C., wildfire

But Tracy Hughes, an information officer with the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, said the Canada Task Force 1 search and rescue team that conducted the survey had good news too -- no bodies had been found in the ruins.

The ferocious Bush Creek East fire in the region is the target of the most intense wildfire fight in B.C., with thousands of residents ordered to leave their homes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in the Okanagan region Friday, where he said stories of heroism have emerged from B.C.'s wildfire battle, but lessons also needed to be learned."There are lots of extraordinary stories of heroism, effectiveness, things that we've learnt from years past put into place now, but there's a lot more to learn, a lot more to do," he said after visiting firefighters and fire chiefs at West Kelowna Fire Rescue Station 31.

B.C. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said in a statement late Thursday that travel restrictions to West Kelowna were to be lifted as of midnight. Trudeau met with Chief Robert Louie, as well as West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom and Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas. He asked officials about the morale of residents.Two Clifton-McKinley and Lake Country fires are now listed as being held by firefighters, but the McDougall Creek fire threatening West Kelowna remains out of control.

Wildfires continue to rage in other parts of B.C., including the Stein Mountain blaze near Lytton now at close to 33 square kilometres.

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