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Bc Wildfire 2016
UPDATE: Crews battling wildfire in Lac Du Bois area near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The wildfire burning in the Lac Du Bois Grasslands Protected Area northeast of…
UPDATE: Savona brush fire contained and in mop up
SAVONA – A quick and intense attack by firefighters brought a brush fire in Savona…
Open burning bans begin this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Poorly planned open burning has led to dozens of wildfires in the Kamloops…
Investigators say more than 10 recent B.C. wildfires have been deliberately set
PRINCE GEORGE – The B.C. Conservation Service wants to know who is deliberately setting wildfires…
Wildfire in Lake Country not a threat to property
LAKE COUNTRY – B.C. Wildfire initial attack crews are working to contain a wildfire in…
Would you know what to do if there was an evacuation in the North Okanagan?
VERNON – It’s one of those things you hope you never need to know: how…
With fire season approaching, now is the time to plan your escape route out of Kelowna
FORT McMURRAY FIRE A REMINDER OF FIRE VULNERABILITY OF THE OKANAGAN CENTRAL OKANAGAN – With…
Wildfires force northeastern B.C. evacuation orders, but cooler weather coming
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – A state of emergency remains in effect, but residents forced…
BEPPLE: Fire season has arrived in the Southern Interior
All the signs of summer are here. I watered my lawn for the first time…
Firefighters battling small grassfire near Ord Road
KAMLOOPS – Firefighters quickly knocked down a grassfire near the dog park on Ord Road…
Similkameen wildfire in mop-up stage
CAWSTON – An early season wildfire is now under control in the Similkameen Valley. B.C.…
Similkameen wildfire likely human-caused
CAWSTON – Fire crews have the upper hand on a wildfire burning east of Cawston…
Burn pile sparks grass fire in Penticton
PENTICTON – Firefighters managed to stop a grassfire in Penticton from spreading to nearby structures…
First B.C. wildfire of 2016 discovered burning west of Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. – Crews are battling British Columbia's first significant wildfire of the year. The…
RCMP guiding traffic through smoke from prescribed burn near Ashcroft
ASHCROFT – Police are currently on Highway 1 about 10 kilometres east of Cache Creek…
Prescribed burn underway near Lytton
LYTTON – An active fire is underway near Lytton, but not to worry, this one…
Controlled burn underway near Savona
KAMLOOPS – That smoke you see west of Kamloops near Savona is part of a…
Provincial government considers arresting emergency evacuation resisters
NEW RULES WOULD ALSO GIVE POLICE RIGHT OF ENTRY AND THE RIGHT TO USE REASONABLE…
Expect to see smoke at Monck this March
MERRITT – It’s once again that time of year when prescribed burns are undertaken to…
Would-be firefighters flood B.C. Wildfire Service with applications
KAMLOOPS – There is no shortage of candidates to fill the estimated 200 vacant positions…