Some evacuees on Vancouver Island are allowed to return home as certain wildfire evacuation orders have been lifted. Still, some are raising alarm bells over the evacuation order system and how displaced residents can find accommodations.

Light rain and higher humidity have helped British Columbia firefighters in their work to contain a wildfire burning out of control on Vancouver Island. The roughly five-square-kilometre wildfire has forced those living in almost 390 homes in the Regional District of Nanaimo to flee.