evacuation orders

Summerland expects to downgrade its final evacuation orders Friday, Aug. 21, allowing residents of about 80 properties to return to a wildfire-damaged area where electricity may not be fully restored until Wednesday, Aug. 26, chief administrative officer Graham Statt said.

Emergency officials estimate about 150 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire in Summerland and surrounding rural areas.

B.C. officials are providing a provincial update Tuesday at 11 a.m. as major wildfires in the Okanagan have forced thousands of people from their homes and prompted widespread evacuation orders and alerts.