Shiftheads - They Had Minutes to Grab What Mattered

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Aug 11, 2026 · 8m

A wildfire west of Summerland moved so fast that families went from no warning to an evacuation order at their door within minutes, some suffering burns as flames closed in on their homes. Andrew Johnson reports from Penticton, where thousands of evacuees are now camped out during what should have been the city's biggest festival weekend of the summer.

He details the scale of the loss along the rural Faulder area, where homes, ranches and livestock were destroyed, and explains how difficult it has become to separate real fire footage from misinformation spreading online. He also shares what…