A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week.

Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose home is a few kilometres from the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, said she is waiting a bit longer to bring back half of her art collection, which was taken to a friend's home when her family was told to evacuate late Sunday.

She left with her husband and two cats, and says she thought her home was lost as soon as the evacuation notice was issued, calling it "the very worst moment of the whole thing."

BC Wildfire Service fire information officer Madison Dahl told a news conference Friday that the fire's behaviour overnight was "minimal" and was monitored by night-vision-equipped he

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