This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The authorities have decided to allow thousands of people displaced by a wildfire near Kelowna, B.C., to return home on Sunday. Even though the firefighters are still facing dry conditions and lightning throughout western provinces and the Northwest Territories, they have allowed an estimate of 2,400, out of 2,500 people evicted from their home due to the blaze near the municipality of West Kelowna, B.C., to return home. The families asked to return home are advised to take precautions and be ready to leave again at a moment’s notice.
According to a representative of Central Okanagan Regional District Emergency Operations Centre, Kelly Kay, authorities are considering to allow the remaining almost 100 people still under an evacuation order to return home too. According to Kay, “we will be evaluating that situation,” specially “for those who do remain on evacuation order, they will have to check back in at the evacuation reception centres to get the additional food and accommodation vouchers.”
Tracy Wynnyk of the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch explained that the cooler weather and higher humidity has made it easier for firefighters to contain the blaze, which has been managed up to 50 per cent compared to about 30 per cent on Saturday. Although the winds on Saturday evening were a concern, the gusts did not advance the 2.6-square-kilometre blaze past containment lines. Consequently, Wynnyk alleged that “it’s going quite well,” and “they had a very quiet night on the fire.”
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