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These fire centres are in turn divided into local fire zones. Provincial level activities are managed by the Provincial Wildfire Coordinating Centre in Kamloops and the BCWS Headquarters in Victoria. [4]
Fire name Hectares burned Fire Centre Date discovered Comments Link Midwinter Lake fire 32,000 Prince George Chilko Lake/Chilko River fire 29,202 Cariboo McLure fire 26,420 Kamloops Okanagan Mountain Park fire 25,600 Kelowna Lamb Creek fire 11,882 Southeast [4] McGillvray fire 10,979 Kamloops
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [88] [89] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [90] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [84] [91]
KELOWNA, British Columbia (Reuters) -Forest fires in Canada's western province of British Columbia intensified on Saturday, with the number of people under evacuation orders doubling from a day ...
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]
Kamloops hosted the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games. Kamloops hosted the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier (The Canadian Men's Curling Championships). [93] Kamloops hosted the 2014 edition of the 4 Nations Cup. [94] Kamloops hosted the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship at both Sandman Centre and the MacArthur Island Sports and Event Centre. [95]
Canada has seen a record number of wildfires this year — contributing to choking smoke in parts of the U.S. — with more than 5,700 fires burning more than 137,000 square kilometers (53,000 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Buffalo Narrows (Fire Centre) Heliport: ... Kamloops (Royal Inland Hospital) Heliport: