Angie Thorne hugged her granddaughter as she looked for the first time at the blackened pit where her home of 21 years had stood just days earlier.

She and a caravan of friends and family drove up to the Ashcroft Indian Reserve on Sunday to see what remained after a wildfire engulfed the community in central British Columbia, just west of Kamloops.

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She gestured to where she and her husband celebrated their silver wedding anniversary the summer before, then pointed out the lopsided picnic table her sons built 15 years earlier, somehow untouched by the flames.

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Most of the homes on the reserve were , one of hundreds still burning out of control across the province害羞草研究所檚 southern and central Interior.

More than 7,000 people had been ordered to evacuate by Sunday evening, and emergency officials predicted that number would likely rise as gusty winds and hot, dry conditions continue to fan the flames of more than 220 fires that have destroyed an area covering at least 230 square kilometres.

Late Sunday, , home to more than 1,500 people.

Monday morning where more than 300 homes have been evacuated.

Back at Thorne害羞草研究所檚 property in Ashcroft, her granddaughter at one point let out a squeal: 害羞草研究所淢ittens!害羞草研究所�

The family害羞草研究所檚 seven-month-old cat had survived, her blackened whiskers singed and curled from the heat.

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