Evacuees return home near Kelowna, B.C., as wildfire continues to burn

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Household pets are allowed to go home with their owners, but other animals have been prohibited from returning in case another evacuation order is issued, the regional district said.

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The fire started about 20 kilometres east of Kelowna on Thursday and grew quickly.

The BC Wildfire Service said the flames are burning in heavy timber and steep terrain, but fire information officer Justine Hunse said crews had contained about 20 per cent of the fire by Sunday morning.

Flames burned vigorously along the ground Saturday, Hunse said, but the fire has remained at about 465 hectares in size and the fire activity was quiet overnight.

Eighty firefighters with the BC Wildfire Service worked on the flames Sunday alongside a number of local fire departments.

The wildfire service said the fire has come within a few hundred metres of properties, but the agency has not received any reports of burnt structures.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The Canadian Press