Wildfire Crews Make Progress Over the Weekend, Hundreds of Fires Still Burning Out of Control

Rain in many regions helped crews battling wildfires in the north, but nearly 300 out-of-control fires continue to burn province-wide.

An evacuation order north of Francois Lake remains in place, though most of the area has been removed and added to a neighbouring alert.

Evacuation alerts and orders are in place between Houston and Topley, south of Houston, south of Babine Lake, and between Burns Lake and Tintagel.

More orders are in place at Andrew’s Creek west of Ootsa Lake, and north of Vanderhoof around Great Beaver Lake.

Alerts also remain in effect north of Takla Landing, and east of Rubyrock Lake Provincial Park.

An alert which had been in place for the Cedarvale and Woodcock areas has now been lifted.

And orders and alerts in the southeast Nechako and Northern Interior have been reduced, but are still covering a large swath of land.

Maps and details on all evacuation orders and alerts can be found at this link.