This is the damage in Scotch Creek, B.C., after wildfire

Ash,a giant heap of rubble and metal scrapsare all that remain of Jason Martinson'sshop where he makes custom docksnear the shores of Shuswap Lake, in Scotch Creek, B.C.

Martinson, the owner of Triton Docks, surveyed the damage on Saturday after northerly winds blew the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire into Scotch Creek, located about 100 kilometres northeast of Kamloops, where he works and lives.

Residents of more than 3,500 properties in B.C.'s Shuswap region had to evacuate on Friday and Saturday as "extreme fire behaviour" entered the area, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) and local emergency officials.

On Saturday, the BCWSconfirmed that two fast-movingwildfires burned down blocks of homes, stores and buildings in multiple communities in the Shuswap region.

Among those evacuated were Jordon Byerley, a local firefighter, his daughterCamilla and sonBrixton,the children's auntand their two puppies. The group, along with others, took a boat on Saturday to the town of Celistaon the north shore of Shuswap Lake.

CBC News photographer Ben Nelmstravelled with them to witness the destruction.

Scenes of destruction as Shuswap region burns in B.C.

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Hundreds of people have fled their homes, some forever, as flames closed in on the North Shuswap region of B.C.'s Interior, leaving a trail of devastation.