100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has contained a pair of wildfires in the 100 Mile House area after they sparked on Wednesday.The 37.5-hectare Chasm Creek wildfire is now being held by BCWS firefighters, meaning officials do not expect it to grow past current containment lines.BCWS officials said 3...

100 MILE HOUSE - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is responding to a pair of lightning-caused wildfires in the 100 Mile House area. The largest fire, estimated at 50 hectares, is burning out of control in an area about 5 kilometres east of Chasm Road. As of Sunday morning (May 10), the BCWS has assigned 24 personnel, hel...

KAMLOOPS - After a brief thunderstorm breezed through the region on Wednesday (May 6) evening, several lightning-caused spot fires have popped up throughout the Kamloops area, including a pair to the north, and two out east toward Chase. A week of hot weather, leading to brittle, dry conditions throughout the region, h...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says two of the four small spot wildfires in the area around Kamloops have been contained since sparking Wednesday (May 6).One of the two fires near Harper Lake, southwest of Chase, is being held at 0.1 hectare. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.The other Harper Lake...

KAMLOOPS - Thunderstorms that rumbled through the Kamloops area Wednesday evening (May 6) were followed by several small fire reports. As of 9:00 p.m., the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) was reporting four fires around Kamloops. Two are believed to have been sparked by lightning, while fire investigators are looking into t...

KAMLOOPS - Preparations for the upcoming wildfire season are in full swing as communities mark Emergency Preparedness Week this week. That includes the City of Kamloops which, on Wednesday, (May 6) offered a glimpse into preparations at its emergency operations centre (EOC). It was calm and quiet when CFJC stopped by, ...

KAMLOOPS - BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) officials in the Kamloops Fire Centre are taking after their colleagues in the Cariboo, enacting a Category 2 and 3 burn prohibition. A news release notes the prohibition will come into force Thursday (May 7) at 12:00 noon.BCWS officials say the ban is coming into place in order &q...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) will be fully staffed for the 2026 season by the end of this week. That's according to Forests Minister Ravi Parmar who visited the provincial wildfire co-ordination centre in Kamloops on Friday (May 1). "By this time next week, we will be fully staffed, fully resourced as...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has lifted the Evacuation Alert on eight properties near the Webster Creek wildfire, as the fire is being held at 66 hectares.The CRD issued the alert on Thursday, April 30 at 3:15 p.m. and it was lifted shortly after noon on Mon...

BARRIERE, B.C. - The District of Barriere has moved to ban all Category 2 and 3 fires within its boundaries as of Monday (May 4), one day after the District of Clearwater brought in a similar ban of its own. Both communities say the proactive bans are due to "rapidly changing local fire conditions" as the fir...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A wildfire that led the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) to issue an evacuation alert for eight properties is now classified as being held. In an update Sunday (May 3), the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the Webster Creek wildfire nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake is not expected to ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is urging residents to exercise caution with campfires and abide by open burning prohibitions as the region is expecting warm, dry conditions over the weeks ahead.The BCWS said early spring heat combined with the lingering impacts of last year's weather conditions are behin...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) issued an evacuation alert Thursday (April 30) in response to a wildfire burning nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake. The alert covers eight parcels over an area of just under 700 hectares near the 66-hectare Webster Creek wildfire. Residents in the ...

UPDATE (9:00 a.m.): The wildfire northwest of Williams Lake has grown to 66 hectares in size.EARLIER: WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A new wildfire has emerged nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake. The BC Wildfire Service says the fire southwest of Northern Ranches Road was discovered Wednesday (April 29). It's measu...

BOSTON BAR, B.C. - A wildfire skirting the Trans Canada Highway near Boston Bar is now being held.In an update posted during the noon hour Wednesday (April 29), the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the 53-hectare Ferrabee fire south of Boston Bar is not expected to grow beyond its established borders.The fire was discov...

UPDATE (April 28): The BCWS says the wildfire near the Ashcroft Terminal is under control at 1.64 hectares, meaning it's not projected to spread beyond its current perimeter.EARLIER: ASHCROFT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is reporting a new wildfire start adjacent to the Ashcroft Terminal, just across the rive...

UPDATE (April 28): The BCWS says the wildfire in the Dog Creek Dome area is being held at 50 hectares, meaning it is projected to remain within the current perimeter, control line or boundary.EARLIER: 100 MILE HOUSE - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is responding to a 50-hectare fire west of 100 Mile House in the Dog Cr...

MERRITT, B.C. - Smoke near Merritt on Friday and Saturday (April 24 and 25) is likely no cause for alarm as the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is giving new recruits live fire training.The BCWS said its New Recruitment Bootcamp includes igniting and extinguishing small burn piles to simulate a wildfire response.Exercises w...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake will implement a campfire ban within city limits as of noon on Friday (April 24).This follows a ban on Category 2 and 3 burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre introduced on Thursday.The Williams Lake campfire ban will remain in place until October 31, or it could be rescinded e...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is implementing a ban on Category 2 and 3 fires in the Cariboo region, starting at 12:00 noon on Thursday (April 23).The ban will stay in place until Oct. 31 this year or until the BCWS rescinds the order.This applies to the entire Cariboo Fire Centre, including the ...

KAMLOOPS - Firefighters made quick work of a four hectare grassfire on the Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc IR #1 Wednesday (April 22) afternoon.The blaze in the Charles Lee Creek area was called in just after 6:30 p.m., and by 7:15 p.m. it was classified as being held. The fire is suspected to be human caused.

KAMLOOPS - Students in the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) are in the midst of another year of the junior fire crew program, which is organized in partnership with the BC Wildfire Service. The four-day program aims to introduce these 18 students to the fundamental skills and knowledge used by the men and women...

KAMLOOPS - Communities in the Thompson, Nicola and Cariboo are receiving provincial funding to expand their abilities to provide emergency support services (ESS) to people who are forced to evacuate their homes. The B.C. government is providing nearly $2.5 million for 88 communities. The funding announced on Thursday (...

MERRITT, B.C. - A grass fire that sparked on Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) land near Merritt is now considered to be under control, but the BC Wildfire Service says more growth is still possible. The Quilchena Creek fire on the LNIB's Hamilton Creek Indian Reserve No. 7 is still an estimated 808 hectares in size, acc...

MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 6:00 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service says the Quilchena Creek wildfire near Merritt is now an estimated 808 hectares in size, but it is still listed as being held. The fire was previously estimated to be around 550 hectares in size, and its currently projected to remain within its current perimet...

MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 4:45 p.m.): A wildfire that ignited east of Merritt on Wednesday (April 8) afternoon is no longer being held, and it has ballooned to 550 hectares in size.There are 18 BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) personnel responding to the Quilchena Creek blaze on the Lower Nicola Indian Band's Hamilton Creek In...

MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE April 9): In an update late Wednesday afternoon, the BC Wildfire Service says the Quilchena Creek wildfire east of Merritt has grown to 150 hectares in size. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service) EARLIER: A wildfire has broken out on Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) land just east of Merritt Wednes...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A pair of projects intended to reduce wildfire risk in the Cariboo could begin as early as this week. The BC Wildfire Service says a 20-hectare prescribed burn near White Road south of Williams Lake could begin as early as Thursday (April 9) and continue periodically until April 24. In a news rele...