BC Fire Season

• B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected

  The warming and drying trend that began in the mid-2000s coincided with pine beetle outbreaks that left swaths of B.C.'s forests dead, dry, brittle and ripe for wildfire.

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  Sep 11, 2023
  
• Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as two B.C. wildfires surge

  The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order for the area southwest of Keremeos affected by two wildfires that have been burning for several weeks.

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  Aug 16, 2023
  
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• Sizzling hot spell settles over B.C., adding to wildfire woes

  The Ross Moore Lake fire south of Kamloops now covers more than 72 square kilometres, and on Sunday, prompted a revised evacuation order for two properties east of Lac Le Jeune

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  Aug 14, 2023
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• State of emergency declared in northwestern B.C. as Little Blue River wildfire burns

  That wildfire, believed to be caused by lightening, is now an estimated 30,000 hectares in size, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

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  Jul 10, 2023
• 1 million hectares burned in 2023, 3rd most for a fire season in BC Wildfire Service history

  Conditions and weather has wildfire officials worried for the coming weeks ahead, as no significant rainfall is coming, and drought conditions are only expected to worsen.

  Fire

  Jul 5, 2023
• Wildfire risk this summer could mean early Okanagan tourism season

  With a potentially bad wildfire season ahead, and officials warning British Columbians to prepare for the worst, Okanagan tourism operators are bracing for the potential impact.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2023
• Officials urge caution following several grass fires in the Okanagan

  The most recent grass fires in the Okanagan were in Penticton and Kelowna.

  Fire

  Apr 6, 2023
• BC Wildfire Service warns that fire season isn’t over yet

  Temperatures are about 5 to 8 degrees above normal for this time of year, and there’s been little to no rain in several parts of B.C. in weeks.

  Environment

  Oct 1, 2022
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• B.C. wildfire flares up west of Fort Nelson

  Floods in the south, fire in the north.

  Canada

  May 11, 2018
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• B.C.’s last fire season set destructive records. Things don’t look good this year either

  "We're looking at potentially increased fire activity through the southern half [of B.C.] and then up along the Alberta-B.C. border toward the Northwest Territories," said an analyst.

  Environment

  Apr 6, 2018