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Officials say more than 1300 wildfires were sparked in the province this year. That number shows BC has the lowest number of wildfires this season when you compare the data from the last 5 years. Kylie Stanton has more.

The B.C. General Employees Union says all remaining members from the BC Wildfire Service and the B.C. Ministry of Forests have now joined the two-month-old strike.

The 2025 wildfire season was the second worst in Canadian history, but the destruction in B.C. was not nearly as bad as recent years. Global News Morning speaks with BC Forests Minister Ravi Parmar about the numbers and how the province is already preparing for the 2026 wildfire season.

It doesn’t feel like wildfire weather, but experts warn there are still a number of fires burning in northeastern B.C.. They are called ‘zombie fires’ that burn underground. Kylie Stanton has more.

BC Wildfire says one of its aircraft was hit by a drone that was being flown illegally in restricted airspace over a fire in the Cariboo region.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre confirms there has been a crash but is unable to provide further details at this time. Video submitted to Global News shows smoke from a mountainside near Pemberton. It’s believed the helicopter was working for the BC Wildfire Service at the time.

After a period of robust spending, B.C. consumers are starting to show signs of caution, and a Vancouver-based A.I. company has raised $14 million from investors for its wildfire detecting program. BIV’s Tyler Orton has your business news.

The B.C. government needs to drastically increase efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires, or face dire economic as well as environmental consequences. That’s a key finding of a study published in the journal ‘Science’, co-authored by Calvin Sandborn, University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre former legal director.

Dry conditions and lightning strikes have increased the number of wildfire across the province. Aydan Coray BC Wildfire Service has the latest update on the efforts to contain them.

The provincial government says more than one thousand properties remain on evacuation order in the province as wildfires continue to burn. It may be September, but officials are warning that the fire risk remains high. Catherine Urquhart has more.

Peachland’s mayor, Patrick Van Minsel joins Global BC to discuss this latest wildfire and how residents are coping after dealing with three wildfires this season.

Fire crews will be braving the heat to improve containment on the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island, as more evacuation orders are being lifted. The fire is now mapped at 588 hectares and is now ‘being held’. Also, Global News has an update on the Dave Creek Fire and the Kawartha Lakes Fire.

The Mine Creek fire is not the only one burning close to a route connecting the Lower Mainland to the interior. The out-of-control Turnbull Creek fire is located in steep terrain on Snass Mountain northeast of Highway 3 in Manning Park. Darya Zargar reports.

One of the major routes linking the Lower Mainland with the rest of the province is set to reopen, after being closed due to the fast-moving Mine Creek wildfire. But as Darya Zargar reports, another major B.C. highway to the interior has now been shut down due to a crash.

A huge wildfire forced the closure of British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt on Wednesday. Andrea Chambers was among those who drove through the inferno before the road was shut down and describes what she says was a scary, surreal and humbling scene of smoke plumes, flames and damage.

An alarming sight in White Rock Sunday, when a fire suddenly broke out in some brush near train tracks. It quickly spread, threatening some nearby homes, before firefighters arrived. As Troy Charles reports, the BC Wildfire Service had to be called in.

New wildfires and current wildfire growth, remain a serious issue despite the start of September, B.C. Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar said during a press conference Wednesday. With lightning expected to return to the coast later this week, Parmar is urging British Columbians to be prepared and vigilant.

B.C. Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar says all people on board are accounted for and there are no critical injuries after a B.C. Wildfires Services helicopter crashed near Pemberton on Wednesday.

We begin the week with an update on the wildfire situation in the province, and with the temperature rising. it appears the number of wildfires are too. Troy Charles reports.

Safeeya Pirani learns how BCIT is developing technology to map wildfire risk using drones.