‘We’ll be here for the foreseeable future’: Summerland wildfire grows to almost 20,000 hectares

Around 300 firefighters and 15 helicopters are battling the Bald Range wildfire, one day after some evacuation orders related to the blaze were downgraded to alerts.
Residents in the Trout Creek neighbourhood of Summerland, for properties east of Highway 97, were told they could go home early Friday afternoon. Evacuation orders for all properties in the Peachland and Electoral Area West areas were also downgraded to alerts.
All other previously issued evacuation orders remain in effect, as of Sa