BC Parks, in collaboration with the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), will be conducting an ecosystem maintenance and wildfire risk reduction (WRR) project covering 20 hectares in the White Lake Grasslands Protected Area.
The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has advised the public that it will be conducting pile burning near Apex Mountain Resort Village and smoke may be visible in the area.
The BC Wildfire Service is reminding residents of the Kamloops Fire Centre region that effective Friday, Oct. 17 at 12 p.m. Category 2 and 3 open fire prohibitions and associated restrictions expire.
The BC Wildfire Service, BC Parks and the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB) are set to undertake a cultural burn in the lower Similkameen Nighthawk area which may result in smoke being visible from Osoyoos, Chopaka, Keremeos, Cawston and surrounding areas, and to motorists travelling along Highway 3.
Environment Canada has issued a Special Air Quality Statement effective 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 for multiple regions across BC, including the South Okanagan and Similkameen over the next 24-48 hours as a result of wildfire smoke.
Category 1 campfires will again be permitted throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) said today (Sept. 24).
The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) continues to work on the “out of control” Turnbull Creek wildfire which was discovered on Aug. 31 and has now reached 750 ha in size.
A wildfire first discovered on August 31 burning in E.C. Manning Park at approximately 2 km from Hwy. 3 does not pose a threat to the highway at this time, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has said in its update on Sept. 5.
Another key transportation link in the BC interior has been closed after BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) announced Highway 1 will stay closed just south of Yale for the remainder of the day as a result of a serious accident early this morning.
The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is cautioning the public on relying on social media for information and updates during wildfire season.
Active wildfires in BC doubled after thunderstorms rolled through parts of the province on July 30 and 31 resulting in more than 35,000 lightning strikes across the province, many that went on to become wildfires.
The 3,109 hectare Placer Creek wildfire – located midway between Eastgate and Cathedral Provincial Park – has now been declared as “Being Held” as the suppression efforts of ground crews, heavy equipment and helicopters were given a boost by the recent rainfall, cooler temperatures, and higher relative humidity.
Cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity have helped BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews make some gains on the the “Out of Control” Placer Creek Wildfire between Eastgate and Cathedral Provincial Park.
The children of Richard and Colleen Baptiste have started a GoFundMe campaign after their parents lost their family home in a fire on Thursday off of Radio Tower Road.
Osoyoos Fire Rescue along with assistance from the Oliver Fire Department is responding to a structure and brush fire north of the Cottages on Osoyoos Lake.
The Placer Creek Wildfire burning midway between Eastgate and the western edge of Cathedral Provincial Park has now expanded to 2,600 hectares after being discovered on July 12, with the first firefighting action on the evening of July 13.
The Placer Creek Wildfire, south of Princeton and approximately 9 km east of Eastgate has now grown to 725 hectares and considered by BC Wildfire Service as “Out of Control”, after first being discovered on July 12 in the early afternoon.
Evacuation alerts have been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre (RDOS EOC) in response to the Young Creek Wildfire approximately 21 kilometres down the Ashnola Road which forms one boundary of Cathedral Provincial Park.
Keremeos Fire Rescue knocked down a fire along Hwy. 3 south of Cawston late last night and was mopping up and cooling the area at approximately 11 p.m., according to an advisory from the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB).
A wildfire on Green Mountain at Shatford Creek near Apex Mountain Resort is now considered “Under Control” by the BC Wildfire Service as of June 18.
A cold spring rain spatters the deck outside a small coffee shop in Smithers, B.C., as Kevin Kriese explains why he believes people need to change how they think about wildfire.
Heavy smoke that filled the south Okanagan valley around Oliver and Osoyoos this afternoon (May 7) was from a wildfire burning in the US approximately 18 km south of Osoyoos according to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).
Just in time for the Labour Day long weekend, the BC Wildfire Service has rescinded the ban on Category 1 campfires effective noon, Wednesday, August 28.