Canada wildfire near Vancouver contained

MONTREAL: A Canadian wildfire that threatened a community near Vancouver was being contained on Monday, authorities said, with favorable weather conditions in another region allowing thousands of evacuees to return home.

Residents of British Columbia´s Squamish district, which is just 64-kms north of the major city of Vancouver, had been on standby to evacuate as a blaze approached. But British Columbia´s wildfire service said over the weekend that the Squamish fire was “being held” and the community now faced a “decreased risk.” Residents of the coastal area told AFP last week that the size of the fire came as a shock.