Elephant Hill

• Ongoing costs from Elephant Hill wildfire pegged at $1B a year: report

  An Indigenous-led report into the fire that destroyed more than 100 homes found the blaze resulted in up to $1 billion per year in ongoing nature and ecosystem losses.

  Environment

  May 10, 2023
  
• Indigenous report into B.C.’s Elephant Hill wildfire calls for change in response, recovery

  The Elephant Hill report calls for long-term funding to establish First Nations emergency management offices, attack crews and Indigenous firekeepers.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2021
  
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• Massive Elephant Hill wildfire caused by smoking, no charges laid

  The case is now considered closed.

  May 4, 2020
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• 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire was human-caused, RCMP say

  At its peak, the 191,865-hectare fire covered an extensive area from the south-end of Ashcroft all the way to the north end of BC Highway 24. 

  Jan 29, 2018
• 2 huge wildfires in B.C. this summer caused more than $127 million in damage

  The Elephant Hill wildfires remains a wildfire of note in B.C., having grown to 192,725 hectares. It is now 95 per cent contained.

  Economy

  Sep 27, 2017
• B.C. wildfires have now scorched an area larger than PEI

  Nearly 600,000 hectares have now burned in 2017, greater than the entire area of Prince Edward Island.

  Aug 6, 2017