BC Wildfire Record

• B.C. sets all-time record for area burned with months left in wildfire season

  The BC Wildfire Service said Monday that 1,181 across the province have burned more than 1.393 million hectares to date, eclipsing the 1.35 million burned in 2018.

  Fire

  Jul 17, 2023
  
• B.C. wildfires have now scorched more land than in any year except 2017, and they’re closing fast

  More than 945,000 hectares have burned across B.C. since April 1 this year, the second most in a single season since B.C. began keeping records in 1950.

  Environment

  Aug 26, 2018
  
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• B.C. year in review 2017: wildfires devastate the province like never before

  More than 1.2 million hectares burned.

  Environment

  Dec 25, 2017