Some evacuation orders start to lift as crews tame wildfire near Lytton, B.C.

LYTTON — Some evacuation orders have started to lift as cooler nights and lighter winds limit the growth of a wildfire near Lytton.

Officials with the Lytton First Nation and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District downgraded evacuation orders to an evacuation alert, allowing some community members to return home.

British Columbia’s wildfire service has said the wildfire near Lytton has been growing away from communities, and that weather has been helping in the fight against it.

Estimates Sunday put the size of the out-of-control fire at about seven square kilometres.