Footage reveals B.C. village in ruins, as grim accounts emerge in wildfire’s wake

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, say…