Two new members of Maple Ridge Fire Rescue have now gone to Clinton to relieve other members providing wildfire support in the B.C. interior. In an online post the department said the two crew members returned back to Maple Ridge on Monday, July 27, after a week of helping communities impacted by the Big Bar […]
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UPDATE: 7:40 p.m. It will be another night away from home for residents who have fled the Quilpituk Creek wildfire. The evacuation order for the 2,218 properties and evacuation alerts for three properties in the Quilpituk Creek Wildfire area will remain in place overnight, says Central Okanagan Emergency Management. “The Quilpituk Creek Wildfire is a
As of Sunday morning (Aug. 2), no new evacuation orders or alerts have been issued in response to the Ainslie Creek and Brunswick Creek wildfires burning in the Fraser Canyon near Boston Bar. The Brunswick Creek wildfire, discovered on July 2, is estimated at 7,483 hectares. The Ainslie Creek wildfire, discovered on July 4, is
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Extreme weather conditions have made wildfire containment efforts significantly more challenging, said BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). Winds with gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour led to aggressive fire behaviour in the Okanagan, adding stress to new and existing wildfires. Across the province, more than 2,200 lightning strikes led to 22 suspected lightning-caused fires.
22 lightning-caused fires started in 1 day, BC Wildfire says Read More »
As fireworks exploded over Vancouver’s English Bay, a radio station broadcast of the music to go with the display was playing “”Something’s Happening Here.” It was the official theme song and catchphrase of Expo 86, back when fireworks were happening every night at the 1986 World’s Fair. Fireworks continued after Expo as a once-a-year multi-day
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