Hailey Lambert was at home baking when sirens interrupted the calm of the day.

At first she thought Emergency Services were responding to a car crash, but when sirens kept getting louder she went outside and saw a small amount of smoke rising above her neighbourhood.

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Using the experience from four previous wildfire evacuations, she and her family packed up their irreplaceable belongings and family pets and headed out.

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Ryan Blaney has been forced from his home for wildfires twice already 乌鸦传媒� one in 2003 and one two years earlier 乌鸦传媒攁nd when he heard about Thursday乌鸦传媒檚 fire he knew just what to do.

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Friends followed and helped him get his stuff, as was the case for many of the people in the close-knit neighbourhood.

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Emergency support services worker for the Okanagan, Catherine Williams said people seem to know what they乌鸦传媒檙e doing in these situations.

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By Tuesday morning, there were 260 families being helped at the Emergency Services by 30 volunteers.

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Those people, she said, need toothbrushes and toothpaste and underwear and they乌鸦传媒檙e getting vouchers for clothing.