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A total of 12,161 square kilometres (1.2 million hectares) had burned by the end of the 2017 fire season, the largest total area burned in a fire season in recorded history (1.3% of BC total area). [6] This record was broken the following year, with five of BC's worst 10 fire seasons occurring since 2010. [6]
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A trail through the Williams Lake river valley Rick Hansen, pictured here in 2008, grew up in Williams Lake Williams Lake Visitor Centre Rugby player, Jake Ilnicki, was born in Williams Lake In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Williams Lake had a population of 23,608 living in 4,736 of its 5,066 total private dwellings ...
A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires. [10]On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over 300 square miles (780 km 2) [11] [12] and sent people fleeing for their lives.
A 230 hectare fire spawned on Vancouver Island on July 22, 5 km south of Sooke Lake. The fire was held, but required 70 firefighters and three helicopters and forced the precautionary closure of nearby Sooke Potholes Regional Park. [43] [44] On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [45]
The White Rock Lake fire was a wildfire in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia. It began July 13, 2021 as one of the 2021 B.C. wildfires and resulted in the destruction of Monte Lake. It totalled 83,047 hectares and was classified as out of control. [2]
The Bush Creek East fire was a wildfire in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The fire caused a major loss of structures and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. The communities of Squilax, Lee Creek, Adams Lake, Scotch Creek, and Celista were heavily impacted by the fire. The fire was listed as "being held" in September ...
Alkali Lake Complex fire 121,215 hectares (299,530 acres) August 1 Out [13] 4 Lutz Creek Complex fire 100,799 hectares (249,080 acres) August 4 Out [12] 5 Shovel Lake fire 92,412 hectares (228,360 acres) July 27 Out [8] 6 Nadina Lake fire 86,767 hectares (214,410 acres) July 31 Out [14] 7 Verdun Mountain fire 47,610 hectares (117,600 acres) July 31