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Bc Wildfire 2021
Embleton Mountain wildfire near Sun Peaks grows to 290 hectares
The Embleton Mountain wildfire near Sun Peaks has grown to 290 hectares as this morning…
UPDATE: Fire near Okanagan Falls now mapped at 500 hectares
The Thomas Creek wildfire near Okanagan Falls has grown to 500 hectares and evacuation orders…
Wildfire threatens cat-skiing lodge in Shuswap
A wildfire in a remote area of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District is threatening a…
UPDATE: Drone threatening efforts to douse Vernon wildfire
The Becker Lake wildfire fight has been hampered by a drone in the area. Reports…
Kelowna trucker battled Highway 97 wildfire before crews arrived; thinks it was caused by cigarette
A Kelowna trucker who was one of the first on the scene of Friday night's…
iN VIDEO: Wildfire that caused evacuation of North Okanagan residents being held
A highly visible wildfire that caused the evacuation of North Okanagan residents last night is…
B.C. firefighters continue to make progress on wildfire northwest of Kamloops
A wildfire burning to the southwest of Kamloops did not see any growth overnight. The…
Kamloops residents organizing ‘buddy system’ to ensure no one left behind in emergencies
The recent wildfire evacuations in Kamloops's Juniper Ridge neighbourhood has sparked the idea of establishing…
Kamloops pet food bank collecting donations for those evacuated by wildfires
A Kamloops organization is collecting pet food and other pet-related needs for people evacuated to…
Okanagan in ‘hazard’ fire conditions and rain is needed, says BC Wildfire
A hotter and drier start to summer has put fire season way ahead of schedule,…
2 wildfires near Lake Country holding steady but still out of control
Two fires sparked near Lake Country are still classified as out of control, but they’re…
Village of Lytton responds to devastating fire
The Village of Lytton has responded for the first time since the devastating June 30…
Kamloops promises 2nd paved road to neighbourhood evacuated by interface fire
In the wake of the Kamloops East wildfire that burned between two Kamloops neighbourhoods, city…
Kamloops has yet to sign up for app that alerts residents during wildfire evacuations
Since the wildfire last Thursday that threatened Juniper Ridge in Kamloops, tensions have been high…
174 wildfires burning in B.C. including 37 new blazes
Help for B.C.'s Wildfire crews is arriving. B.C. was expecting 100 out-of-province resources today, July…