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Christina Zamniuk says they were boating between their Vernon lakehouse and Adventure Bay last weekend when a baby bear was spotted swimming in the middle of the lake.

However, at an estimated 30 pounds, wildlife experts say the young bear faces significant challenges heading into winter with the odds of survival not in its favour.

The latest closure has renewed calls from local politicians and residents for a second crossing of Okanagan Lake.

Central Okanagan Emergency Management said the evacuation orders for the 2,223 properties and evacuation alerts for 425 properties in the wildfire area will remain in place.

Reinforcements are arriving in the battle against a deadly wildfire on the shores of Okanagan Lake in the southern B.C. Interior that has forced 20,000 people to evacuate.

The B.C. Wildfire Service said the Quilpituk Creek wildfire experienced significant growth on Monday, but it is growing up the slope and away from community areas.

They had just minutes to escape their property on the Benchland above Okanagan Lake when the Bradley Lake wildfire tore through the property.

As the damage from the devastating wildfire along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia is being assessed, officials are warning of the potential of more fires.

With thousands forced from their homes due to fires around Okanagan Lake, the Salvation Army in Vernon has become a place for people to gather as they figure out what's next.

"We were holding our own, but homes around me began to start on fire and it changed the whole game," Jeff Moore, whose cabin was on Okanagan Lake, told Global News.

BC NDP Leader David Eby and Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson were in the Okanagan Friday, making campaign promises on grocery prices, wildfire protection and public safety.

More wildfire evacuees returned home to Summerland on Monday morning, more than a week after the Bald Range fire forced them to flee.

Further up the lake, the Regional District of North Okanagan expanded evacuation orders and alerts on Sunday for dozens of properties because of the Bradley Creek wildfire. 

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre (EOS) said on Wednesday that there are no changes to evacuation orders and alerts at this time.

Joel Patan says his "life is ashes" now, as he sifts the ruins of his home that was incinerated last month, along with most structures in the small community of Faulder.

A few dozen properties near Metro Vancouver are under evacuation alert due to a nearby wildfire, while evacuees in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon may start returning home.

Kyla Gaudiuso says she found out her home in Faulder, B.C., had been destroyed when she received a photo of the ridge where it once stood, completely engulfed in flames.

West Kelowna RCMP said that at approximately 7:13 p.m. on June 19, they were called to the lake for a report that two kayakers had capsized.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed it is investigating the death, however, the circumstances surrounding the drowning have not been released.

'For our community, it's measured in homes, family histories and places people have spent all of their lives,' Chief Dan Wilson of the Okanagan Indian Band said.