Burns Bog Fire Update

• Highway 17 reopens following Burns Bog fire

  The Burns Bog fire is now 100 per cent contained and crews are reopening Highway 17.

  Environment

  Jul 6, 2016
  
• Burns Bog fire: How bog fires burn and why they’re difficult to combat

  Forest fires can be difficult to combat, but peatland — or bog — fires present a whole set of new challenges for firefighters.

  Environment

  Jul 4, 2016
  
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• Significant progress made fighting Burns Bog fire; 60% contained

  With help from the weather on Monday and overnight, the Burns Bog fire in Delta, B.C. has stopped spreading and is now 60 per cent contained.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2016