Wildfires have been ravaging the western United States and Canada over the weekend, leaving residents on high alert for potential evacuation orders while others who were forced to flee await a return to their homes. In British Columbia, Canada, over 20,000 people have been displaced from communities along Okanagan Lake as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed numerous homes and required aircraft rescue missions. Meanwhile, fire crews in the Spokane area of the U.S., battling three wildfires that began burning over a week ago, continued clean-up near containment lines. Resident Laurie Allen, who evacuated her home in Nine Mile Falls, Washington last weekend, reported hearing from a friend that while covered in ashes, her house and others nearby remained intact. In Canada, Anette Boulet and her family fled Summerland, a town of around 12,000 people along Okanagan Lake, at 4:30 a.m. Saturday as their home was enveloped in smoke. The Bald Range wildfire, first reported on Friday evening, has led to the evacuation of approximately 8,000 people in and around nearby Peachland, British Columbia, which declared a state of emergency on Saturday. In response, Canada's Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience, Eleanor Olszewski, approved a request for federal assistance to provide shelter and accommodations for those displaced by the wildfire. Meanwhile, crews fighting three wildfires in the Spokane area continued "mop-up operations" on Sunday near containment lines, with no further growth reported. However, the fires have caused damage or destruction to around 920 structures, and a man was arrested and charged with intentionally setting one of the largest blazes earlier in the week. In a tragic incident, an 80-year-old woman died while attempting to escape the wildfire that forced evacuations in the Okanagan Lake region. Elsewhere, two helicopter pilots were killed when their aircraft crashed while fighting a wildfire in Utah's Fishlake National Forest on Friday morning. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.