More than 80 Active Wildfires Burn in Northwest, with 300 Province-Wide as Evacuation Orders and Alerts Grow

Wildfire crews are continuing to battle over 80 active fires in the Northwest Fire Centre, and more than 300 across the Province.

A local state of emergency remains in effect for the Stikine, with an evacuation order in place around Highway 37 at Blue River in the far north.

Orders have been lifted and replaced with evacuation alerts for properties in Telkwa, with the Powers Creek fire now being held.

A new order has been issued for properties off Buck Flats road, south of Silverthorne Lake to Roses Road near Houston.

An order covering properties along the north end of Francois Lake has been expanded eastward.

Evacuation orders in Tintagel have been expanded on both the west and east sides, with an alert covering the stretch in between.

Another order has been issued along the southeast banks of Babine Lake, with an alert stretching west from there.

Orders also remain in place on either side of Highway 27 near Echo Lake and surrounding the Omineca Provincial Park.

More orders are in effect in the Pelican Lake and Finger Lake areas, with alerts surrounding both of those blazes.

Most of those orders are accompanied by alerts, with maps and information for evacuees available by clicking each line, or following this link.

A slew of other orders and alerts are also in place throughout the Cariboo and the Prince George Fire Centre.