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The province planned to put campfire bans in place on June 8, to stay in effect until October. [124] [230] [needs update] International fire crews also came to British Columbia from five countries. Natural Resources Canada, with its Fire Weather Index, also tracked the wildfires and issued warnings. [123]
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. [41] [42] On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [43]
The McDougall Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15, 2023, and was discovered at 5:59 pm PDT. [1] The wildfire forced the evacuation of West Kelowna and parts of Kelowna.
BC Wildfire Service maps showed the fire burning just a few kilometers (miles) west of Fort Nelson’s city limits. Fort Nelson is located in the far northeastern corner of British Columbia, about ...
The wildfire situation showed some improvement in British Columbia on Sunday, with more people being allowed to return home, but blazes continued to threaten communities farther north in Canada's ...
Canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuation orders in a scenic region of British Columbia, with the prospect of better weather raising hopes for the battle to contain wildfires, authorities ...
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 .
The Flood Falls Trail wildfire burning near Hope, a municipality in British Columbia, Canada, has grown to around 520 hectares (about 2 square miles), according to the BC Wildfire Service.In an ...