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BC Wildfire Service is responding to a fire east of Spences Bridge that was discovered on the afternoon of May 24. (Photo credit: Matt Torgerson/Facebook)

BC Wildfire Service sending crews to fire near Spences Bridge in B.C. Interior

Fire, estimated at 10 hectares, is burning on opposite side of Thompson River from Trans-Canada Hwy.

 

BC Wildfire Service is currently responding to the Truax Creek wildfire. The blaze is now estimated at 50 hectares in size. (BC Wildfire Service / X)

Evacuation alert issued for Traux Creek wildfire near Lillooet

The blaze is located north west of Lillooet

 

The wildfire forcing thousands to evacuate from a northeast British Columbia town has doubled again in size as the blaze grows merely a few kilometres west of city limits. The Parker Lake wildfire, officially designated G90267, is seen through an aircraft window as it burns near Fort Nelson, B.C., in a Friday, Sept. 10, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service

Wildfire that caused evacuation of Fort Nelson caused by downed tree: mayor

Most of the 3,500 residents in and around the northern community have been evacuated since Friday

 

Displaced by the Bush Creek East wildfire, former North Shuswap resident LJ Folden sits in his room at the Sorrento Inn, where he’s able to stay until April 30 when the financial support he’s received since the fire comes to an end. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)

Evacuated North Shuswap residents at risk of being temporarily homeless

‘I’ve never gone through anything like this. I’ve never been in the system before’

Displaced by the Bush Creek East wildfire, former North Shuswap resident LJ Folden sits in his room at the Sorrento Inn, where he’s able to stay until April 30 when the financial support he’s received since the fire comes to an end. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)
British Columbia’s wildfire season is off to an early start with parts of the central province under two evacuation alerts. Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Trees going up like Roman candles’ as B.C. wildfire season starts early

Wildfires burning at Burgess Creek and Endako as B.C. firefighting season gets underway

British Columbia’s wildfire season is off to an early start with parts of the central province under two evacuation alerts. Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Okanagan Rail Trail along Kalamalka Lake. (Linda Busch photo)

North Okanagan’s Kal Lake at lowest water level since 2004

The snow pack is 40 per cent lower than it was in 2023

The Okanagan Rail Trail along Kalamalka Lake. (Linda Busch photo)
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)

UPDATE: North Okanagan wildfire caused by humans

The initial 3 hectare blaze near Lumby is now being held

  • Mar 18, 2024
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)

North Okanagan wildfire grows to 3 hectares before being held

The blaze is less than 1 hectare in size

  • Mar 17, 2024
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Night no longer providing reprieve to those battling B.C. wildfires

Study says climate change has reduced barriers to extreme fire behaviour and growth at night

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Chilliwack fire crew works through a mock scenario on Chilliwack Mountain on March 4, 2024, through a new International Association of Fire Fighters training program. (Jessica Peters/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: B.C. firefighters trained in wildland fire response

Federally funded ‘Responding to the Interface’ course blends structural and wildland fire training

A Chilliwack fire crew works through a mock scenario on Chilliwack Mountain on March 4, 2024, through a new International Association of Fire Fighters training program. (Jessica Peters/ Chilliwack Progress)
The BC Wildfire Service is expanding its efforts to recruit wildland firefighters from First Nations and rural and remote communities. (Photo credit: BC Wildfire Service)

More than 1,000 apply as BC Wildfire ups firefighter recruiting efforts

More effort being made to recruit First Nations and those in rural and remote areas of B.C.

The BC Wildfire Service is expanding its efforts to recruit wildland firefighters from First Nations and rural and remote communities. (Photo credit: BC Wildfire Service)
FILE - A wildfire burns south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, near Highway 63 on Saturday, May 7, 2016. A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. John Valliant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($62,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Jonathan Hayward /The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Devasting Fort Mac blaze account earns B.C. author top UK writing prize

John Vaillant’s ‘Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World’ wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize

FILE - A wildfire burns south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, near Highway 63 on Saturday, May 7, 2016. A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. John Valliant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($62,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Jonathan Hayward /The Canadian Press via AP, File)
The Crater Creek wildfire burns south of Keremeos earlier this year. An unrelated wildfire in 2019 near Quesnel has resulted in penalties of nearly $450,000 for a B.C. man. (Brennan Phillips/Western News file photo)

B.C. appeals office says man owes $450,000 for 2019 wildfire near Quesnel

Decision says Clarke Matthiesen lit debris pile, tried to blame arsonist after fire flared up later

The Crater Creek wildfire burns south of Keremeos earlier this year. An unrelated wildfire in 2019 near Quesnel has resulted in penalties of nearly $450,000 for a B.C. man. (Brennan Phillips/Western News file photo)
The 4th annual Canadian Wildfire Conference was held in Kelowna on Oct. 26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: Wildfire conference in Kelowna reflects on worst year in Canadian history

The conference was hosted by WINGS Magazine

  • Oct 29, 2023
The 4th annual Canadian Wildfire Conference was held in Kelowna on Oct. 26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Burned vehicles are seen at a property destroyed by the Bush Creek East wildfire, in Scotch Creek, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Columbia-Shuswap officials call for review of B.C.’s wildfire response

The CSRD supported the Mayor of Barriere’s call on the provincial government

Burned vehicles are seen at a property destroyed by the Bush Creek East wildfire, in Scotch Creek, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Extensive wildfire damage is visible from Okanagan Lake after the McDougall Creek wildfire swept through the Central Okanagan. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

What remains on the west side of Okanagan Lake as wildfire evacuees return home

Dockside Marine assisted in taking Black Press on a boat tour of the wildfire area

  • Sep 15, 2023
Extensive wildfire damage is visible from Okanagan Lake after the McDougall Creek wildfire swept through the Central Okanagan. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
John Valiant, the author of ‘Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast’. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: The changing face of wildfires in a warming world

TODAY IN B.C.: Best-selling author John Vaillant details Fort McMurray tragedy and B.C. wildfires

John Valiant, the author of ‘Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast’. (Supplied photo)
Premier David Eby stopped in Salmon Arm to speak with local officials and hold a media availability about the Bush Creek East wildfire that tore through the North Shuswap. (Brittany Webster/Black Press)

‘It’s complicated’: Premier committed to rebuilding fire-ravaged North Shuswap

David Eby flew over the Bush Creek East wildfire zone and visited with impacted residents

  • Sep 12, 2023
Premier David Eby stopped in Salmon Arm to speak with local officials and hold a media availability about the Bush Creek East wildfire that tore through the North Shuswap. (Brittany Webster/Black Press)
The miniature Delft Blue House that former MP Stephen Fuhr was able to find in the debris of his home. (Stephen Fuhr)

Ash-caked porcelain house all that B.C. wildfire left of former MP’s home

Stephen Fuhr plans to rebuild on the property he has lived at for 15 years

  • Sep 6, 2023
The miniature Delft Blue House that former MP Stephen Fuhr was able to find in the debris of his home. (Stephen Fuhr)
Firefighters hose down a spot within the Bush Creek East wildfire perimeter. (BCWS photo)

Possible rain, cooler temperatures forecasted for Shuswap wildfire

Evacuation orders and alerts remain for the Bush Creek East wildfire

  • Sep 4, 2023
Firefighters hose down a spot within the Bush Creek East wildfire perimeter. (BCWS photo)