Williams Lake, B.C. – More residents  of the Central Cariboo  are being allowed to head home.

The Cariboo Regional District has residents are allowed to return to portions of the Central Cariboo area near Williams Lake.

The areas that have been downgraded from an evacuation order to an evacuation alert include:

• the Spokin Lake area;
• the Soda Creek and Frizzi Road area;
• areas North and South of Mountain House Road; and
• the area south of Frizzi Road to Highway 20.

Here is a map of the area:

Before deciding to return, residents are encouraged to consider that wildfire activity continues in these areas, air quality remains poor and the areas are still on evacuation alert.