An evacuation order issued by the Lytton First Nation has been rescinded after firefighters declared that a nearby wildfire had been held.

Evacuation alerts issued by the nation and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District have also been lifted for the Cantilever Bar wildfire, which lost its out-of-control status on Tuesday.

British Columbia’s emergency information agency still shows evacuation alerts that were issued by two other nearby First Nations remain in place.

Light rain and higher humidity have meanwhile been helping British Columbia firefighters in their work to contain a wildfire burning out of control on Vancouver Island.

The roughly five-square-kilometre wildfire north of Cameron Lake has forced residents of almost 390 homes in the Regional District of Nanaimo to flee.

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