Tag Archives: BC Wildfire service
Fresh funding will help 5 northwestern communities better prepare for wildfires
Another provincial funding injection will help bolster the northwest against the coming wildfires. Just over 265 thousand dollars will go to five local governments and First Nations within the Northwe...
Jul 11, 2019
Lightning sparks nine new wildfires in the Northwest Fire Centre
Severe lightning storms across the northwest this weekend have prompted nine fresh fire starts in the Northwest Fire Centre. All but two of those fires cover less than a hectare, and most are either u...
Jul 08, 2019
Four lightning-caused fires still burning in the Northwest as of last night
Lightning is to blame for as many as 10 new wildfires in the Northwest that have sparked since Thursday. According to the BC Wildfire Service, fires sprouted up across the Fire Centre's jurisdiction, ...
Jul 02, 2019
Lightning causes seven fires in Northwest Fire Centre on Wednesday
Several wildfires sprouted up as a result of heavy lightning in the Northwest Fire Centre last night. Two of those fires are within the Skeena Fire Zone, with both measuring less than a hectare and be...
Jun 27, 2019
Cariboo Fire Centre to allow Category 2 burns beginning at noon tomorrow
Category 2 open burns will once again be allowed within the Cariboo Fire Centre's jusrisdiction as of noon tomorrow. Lowered fire risks, expected rainfall, and projected temperature drops have convinc...
Jun 25, 2019
Northwest Fire Centre to lift open fire burning ban on Friday
All open burning restrictions currently being issued by the Northwest Fire Centre will be lifted as of noon on Friday. Category 2 fires had been banned by since the end of May, but less harsh conditio...
Jun 05, 2019
BC Wildfire Service preemptively sends 150 man camp to Dease Lake
Among rising temperatures and drought-like conditions, the BC Wildfire Service has preemptively set up camp in the northwest. A 150 person camp is being set up by the Service in Dease Lake to house a ...
May 31, 2019
Northwest Fire Centre prepares for new and old fires to flare up with high heat and drought
The Northwest Fire Centre is responding to several new wildfires in the Cassiar Fire Zone and preparing for more starts given hot weather and drought conditions. There were three new fires this week r...
May 30, 2019
Wildfire service may fight fire with fire northwest of Fort Nelson
The BC Wildfire Service may fight fire with fire on a blaze burning 150 kilometres northwest of Fort Nelson. If the weather conditions are right, officials will conduct planned ignitions Wednesday aft...
May 29, 2019
Heavy smoke from wildfire near B.C.-Yukon border
Smoke from a wildfire near the BC-Yukon border is blanketing the area. The BC Wildfire Service says the Black Angus Creek fire about 40 km south of Lower Post was discovered Monday. The lightening-cau...
May 29, 2019