Category Archives: Wildfires
Emerald Lake wildfire being held at 245 hectares
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A notable wildfire west of 100 Mile House is classified as being held. In an update Tuesday (Aug. 12), the BC Wildfire Service says the Emerald Lake wildfire burning nearly 39 k...
Aug 13, 2025
Wildfire west of 100 Mile House listed at 200 hectares; crews report lower fire behaviour
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A wildfire west of 100 Mile House has grown in size but isn't burning as aggressively. The Emerald Lake wildfire burning nearly 39 kilometres south of Williams Lake is measured ...
Aug 12, 2025
Two B.C. fires that forced Okanagan, Vancouver Island evacuations now 'being held'
Hundreds of residents who were forced out by a wildfire burning near Cameron Lake on Vancouver Island are being allowed to return home. The Regional District of Nanaimo has posted an update removing 2...
Aug 11, 2025 Smoke rises from the Daves Creek wildfire near Kelowna on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
New wildfire west of Lac La Hache grows to 100 hectares in size
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A trio of new, out-of-control wildfires ignited west of Lac La Hache in the Cariboo Sunday (Aug. 10). The BC Wildfire Service says one fire nearly four kilometres southwest of Em...
Aug 11, 2025
Phoney wildfire images cause confusion on social media. Here are steps to spot them
This week, the BC Wildfire Service posted on Facebook two aerial view images of wildfires raging across densely forested terrain with aircraft attempting to douse the flames. The images were dramatic,...
Aug 08, 2025
Canada's 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
TORONTO - Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest the fires have torn through 72,000 square ki...
Aug 08, 2025
Wildfires decline in B.C. with rain, cooler weather, but heat forecasted to return
Crews fighting an out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island are building helipads to improve access to the flames burning on challenging, rocky terrain. An operational updated posted by the BC Wildf...
Aug 07, 2025
Time to move forward on national agency to fight forest fires, chiefs say
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action. The organization's president wants ...
Aug 07, 2025
Lytton First Nation and TNRD rescind evacuation order and alerts related to Cantilever Bar wildfire
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order and multiple evacuation alerts related to the Cantilever Bar fire south of Lytton have been rescinded. As of 11:45 a.m. Tuesday (Aug. 5), Lytton First Nation announced i...
Aug 06, 2025
Few new fire starts after lightning-filled weekend in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - Despite thousands of lightning strikes over the long weekend, new wildfire starts are few within the Kamloops Fire Centre. According to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), scattered thunderstor...
Aug 05, 2025
