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Wildfire News
District of Lake Country eligible for additional FireSmart funding as interest grows
Additional government grant funding for FireSmart programming couldn't come at a better time for the District of Lake Country. The district was in the...
Insurance Bureau urges B.C. residents to get their homes ready for wildfire season
Small wildfires that popped up over the weekend in the Okanagan are a reminder that fire season is coming. The Insurance Bureau of Canada is advising B.C....
Clean up of a downtown Vernon fire site has been halted due to hazardous materials
Work to clean up a large Vernon fire site has been stopped before it really began. The massive fire in the downtown core completely destroyed a building on July...
BCWS to prohibit open burning in Cariboo Fire Centre at end of the month
High drought conditions has resulted in a fire ban in the Cariboo region scheduled for the end of this month. The ban will be in place as of noon on March 28,...
Kamloops filmmaker releasing doc on Logan Lake's FireSmart success in face of 2021 Tremont Creek fire
The community of Logan Lake spent 18 years becoming the first FireSmart community in Canada, and now a Kamloops filmmaker has put together a documentary looking...
BCWS announces second Merritt-area prescribed burn to start next week
The BC Wildfire Service will be conducting another Merritt-area prescribed burn starting as early as next week. In a press release the wildfire service...
Wildfire mitigation specialist encourages Shuswap residents to take part in FireSmart program
Eight neighbourhoods in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District have completed the FireSmart wildfire mitigation program, and a wildfire mitigation specialist...
Homes about to rise from the ashes of McDougall Creek wildfire
As green shoots push through the soil, this spring will also herald a rebirth of sorts for some neighbourhoods on the west side of Okanagan Lake. Homes are...
Large prescribed burn planned next week for grasslands north of Merritt
Smoke may be visible to Nicola Valley residents as the BC Wildfire Service intends to take up a prescribed burn 33 kilometres northeast of Merritt next week....
Two Central Okanagan regional parks may not reopen in 2024 due to wildfire damage
Two regional parks in the Central Okanagan might not reopen this year, or may only partially reopen late in the season. Last summer’s Grouse Complex...
More collaboration, initial attack needed during wildfire season say presenters at Shuswap fire forum
A controlled burn caused destruction in the North Shuswap region last summer, and now collaboration with locals and greater emphasis on initial attack is needed...
Smoke in Lac Le Jeune is from a controlled burn, says Kamloops Fire Rescue
Kamloops Fire Rescue is advising the public that smoke rising from the Lac Le Jeune area is from controlled burns of brush being carried out in the area....
Pile burning planned for Myra Bellevue Park
The BC Wildfire Service says it is planning to burn 200 piles of wood debris in Myra Bellevue Park this month. The work is being done in partnership with BC...
Inaccurate data on forest fuels may stoke B.C. wildfires, study finds
Wildfire fighting and forest management decisions are potentially being hampered by inaccurate government data that misrepresents forest fuel loads in British...
Small fire near Chase knocked down quickly
Firefighters made quick work of a small wildfire that popped up off Highway 1 near Chase Saturday morning. The fire was an estimated 0.009 hectares in size and...
Kamloops will host Shuswap Firestorm forum next week
A so-called public policy forum titled Shuswap Firestorm is slated to run next week in Kamloops, featuring a discussion about last summer's devastating...
Planned burns in Kenna Cartwright Park continuing, Kamloops Fire Rescue says
No, it's not deja vu — smoke rising from Kenna Cartwright Park on Friday is a continuation of a fuel mitigation project from Thursday, according to...
CSRD to host meetings for residents to give feedback, share experiences from 2023 wildfires
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District will be hosting a series of meetings about the 2023 Bush Creek East wildfire in order to hear from residents about their...
Wildfire grows into one of largest in Texas history as flames menace multiple small towns
A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with...
Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt evacuations
A rapidly widening Texas wildfire doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in at least one small town as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably...
