What’s life like under wildfire alert? For Kimberley, B.C., residents, it’s part prep, part wait and see

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Three Kimberley, B.C., residents describe what they would pack, leave behind and hope to return to as the Matthew Creek wildfire keeps the city under evacuation alert.