Alesha Campbell's daughter Maddie, 5, used to look forward to 'Forest Fridays,' when she and kindergarten classmates would walk through the woods behind her West Kelowna school.
Active firefighting is underway in a number of neighbourhoods and ongoing dangers like downed power lines, hazardous materials, damaged trees, debris and equipment pose risks.
For Rose Ridge Park residents like Joey Gidda, flames came right up onto his property, burning parts of his fence, but fortunately did not reach his home.
On Monday evening, some Lake Country residents whose homes had been placed under an evacuation order received good news, that it was safe to return home.
With thousands of Central Okanagan residents displaced from their homes, some are coming to evacuation check points, to find out when they can return home.