The Ainslie Creek wildfire, July 27. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Brunswick Complex Fires

Boston Bar-area residents return home as regional district rescinds evacuation order

Aug 5, 2026 | 2:09 PM

BOSTON BAR, B.C. — Nearly three weeks after a raging wildfire forced them to flee their homes, residents of Boston Bar are free to return.

The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) rescinded a series of evacuation orders during the noon hour Wednesday (Aug. 5), including the following communities:

  • North Bend and Canyon Alpine
  • Fishblue Lake Area
  • Nahatlatch and North Boothroyd Area
  • Boston Bar
  • Scuzzy Creek south of Boston Bar

Details can be found here. Residents of those areas remain on evacuation alert, meaning they should be ready to leave on very short notice.

The area was put on evacuation order on July 16, thanks to the threat from the raging Brunswick Complex fires.

The Brunswick Complex is made up of the Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek wildfires, which were discovered in the first week of July. Together, the two fires have grown to scorch more than 480 square kilometres of forest.

BC Wildfire Service, in an update to its website Wednesday, says activity on the fire is primarily being seen on the southern flank.

The Hell’s Gate area and portions of the FVRD’s Electoral Area ‘A’ remain on evacuation order.

Highway 1 remains closed from Yale to just south of Boston Bar.