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A firefighter hikes to a new position while battling a wildfire in Peachland, B.C., on Monday September 10, 2012.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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A home destroyed by wildfire is seen next to another home not damaged in Peachland, B.C., on Monday September 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckDarryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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A vineyard is seen destroyed by fire, lower left, as a wildfire burns in Peachland, B.C., on Monday September 10, 2012. The property is where Canada's first commercially released icewine was created in 1978.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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A vineyard is seen destroyed by fire as a wildfire burns in Peachland, B.C., on Monday September 10, 2012. The property is where Canada's first commercially released icewine was created in 1978.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Peachland, B.C., on Sept. 10, 2012.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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People watch as a helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Peachland, B.C., Sept. 10, 2012. One millimetre of rain and calmer winds overnight brought a small amount of relief to fire crews and about 1,500 residents who were quickly evacuated from their homes Sunday in the face of a raging wildfire in Peachland.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Peachland, B.C., on Monday Sept. 10, 2012. One millimetre of rain and calmer winds overnight brought a small amount of relief to fire crews and about 1,500 residents who were quickly evacuated from their homes Sunday in the face of a raging wildfire in Peachland.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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A wild fire burns out of control on Highway 97C near Peachland, B.C., Sept. 9, 2012.Authorities have ordered the evacuation of about a thousand people from the path of a wildfire raging near Peachland.Jeff Bassett/The Canadian Press

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A wild fire burns out of control along Highway 97C near Peachland, B.C., Sept. 9, 2012. Authorities have ordered the evacuation of about a thousand people from the path of a wildfire raging near Peachland.Jeff Bassett/The Canadian Press

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Six-year-old Peachland wildfire evacuee Azaneth Mejia waits outside an evacuation centre with family friend Carmon Gorzynski in West Kelowna, B.C., Sept.10, 2012. One millimetre of rain and calmer winds overnight brought a small amount of relief to fire crews and about 1,500 residents who were quickly evacuated from their homes Sunday in the face of a raging wildfire in Peachland.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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Firefighters take a break for breakfast while battling a wildfire before sunrise in Peachland, B.C., Sept. 10, 2012.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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Horses graze on a property before sunrise as a wildfire burns in Peachland, B.C., Sept. 10, 2012.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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People watch smoke from a fire near Peachland, B.C. as they sit on Gyro beach in Kelowna on Sept. 9, 2012. Authorities have ordered the evacuation of about a thousand people from the path of a wildfire raging near Peachland.Tom Ockelton/The Canadian Press

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Six-year-old Peachland wildfire evacuee Azaneth Mejia eats a snack outside an evacuation centre in West Kelowna, B.C., Sept. 10, 2012.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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