Large wildfire forces evacuation of BC’s historic Barkerville site

B.C. Wildfires Map 2025: Updates on fire locations, evacuation alerts and orders

Vancouver Island wildfire has tripled in size since Friday, evacuation orders expanded

An unseasonably strong ridge of high pressure will build over British Columbia beginning Friday and persist through the weekend. This will mean summer-like conditions with temperatures forecast to be several degrees above seasonal normals, likely breaking temperature records for mid-May. Watch BC Wildfire Service Superintendent of Predictive Services, Neal McLoughlin provide an update on what this weather will mean for wildfire conditions across the province, including areas of particular concer

UPDATE: The BC Wildfire Service is continuing to respond to the Sparks Lake (K21001) and Tremont Creek (K21849) wildfires. Incident Commander Benson Todd from Western Australia provides an update on the fires, which are part of a complex managed by an Australian Incident Management Team. | BC Wildfire Service

The 2023 wildfire season has been long and challenging. Between April 1 and October 31, 2,245 wildfires burned more than 2.84 million hectares of forest and land resulting in the most destructive wildfire season in British Columbia’s recorded history. “We started really early, snow melted three to four weeks early, we were experiencing very aggressive fire behaviour in early May and that has persisted right into the month of October,” Neal McLoughlin, Superintendent, BCWS Predictive Services. It

Map shows wildfire smoke intesifying over the Prairies and British Columbia this week

Wildfire smoke spreads from Interior to southern British Columbia - The Weather Network