By Brenna Owen The footage is near silent, but for the occasional gasp and whispered expletive, as the driver passes slowly through the smouldering ruins — all that remains of Faulder in the British Columbia southern Interior. Dozens of structures are reduced to their foundations, in a landscape of burnt-out cars and scorched trees. Faulder, with a population of about 215, was one of the first areas overrun by the explosive Bald Range wildfire as it surged east toward Okanagan Lake and Summerland, forcing the evacuation of about 20,000 people by Saturday. Will Roelfsema supplied the video, saying it was taken by relatives still in the area; he declined an interview Sunday, saying in a statement that he and his family were exhausted. “We’ve had to evacuate twice now in…
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