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UPDATE: 3:08 p.m. With the Bradley Creek wildfire still burning west of Vernon, the Regional District of the North Okanagan is issuing an expanded evacuation alert. The following properties in Electoral Area “B” are now under the expanded evacuation alert: 17 and 65 Cain Road 131, 252, 351, 425, 485, 631, 635 Nashwito Road 10, […]

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

UPDATE: 3:00 p.m. Further evacuation orders have been issued for properties south of the Okanagan Indian Band’s Reserve 1 to north of Nahun as the Quilpituk Creek wildfire continues to burn. The following addresses are included in the updated evacuation order: The following addresses are included in this EVACUATION ORDER: Alder Drive 11100 Antler Road

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

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.