Human-caused Wildfires

• RCMP hoping to speak with quad riders in connection with suspicious fires on Vancouver Island

  The biggest of these fires are the Newcastle Creek fire, which is currently 230 hectares, and the recently discovered Browning Creek fire, which is much closer to town.

  Fire

  Jul 5, 2023
  
• 62% of Alberta wildfires were caused by humans in 2021

  The 2021 Alberta wildfire season has come to an end and despite hot summer weather conditions, officials say it was a below-average year in terms of how much area burned.

  Environment

  Nov 2, 2021
  
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• RCMP believe wildfires were deliberately started around Salmo, B.C. in West Kootenay

  Police said on July 24, officers and firefighters responded to as many as four brush fires located northwest of the Highway 3 and Highway 6 intersection.

  Crime

  Jul 28, 2021
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• As B.C. temperatures heat up, the risk of human-caused wildfires grows

  So far this year, there have been 239 wildfires between April 1 and July 29, with around 720 hectares burned.

  Environment

  Jul 30, 2020
• Alberta issues fire ban, OHV restrictions in Forest Protection Areas amid COVID-19 pandemic

  The Alberta government has issued a fire ban that covers about 60 per cent of the province, in hopes of slowing the start of wildfire season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2020
• Fire prohibitions to start for Okanagan, Kamloops, Merritt areas next week

  The B.C. Wildfire Service is banning certain open burns and equipment through the Kamloops Fire Centre to prevent human-caused wildfires.

  Jun 7, 2019
• Petition calling for provincewide burning ban during B.C. wildfire season gains momentum

  The petition, which asks the B.C. Wildfire Service to change its regional burning ban policy, already has nearly 1,700 signatures.

  Environment

  May 26, 2019
• Two new human-caused wildfires in the B.C. Interior

  Two new human-caused wildfires broke out between Merritt and Spences Bridge on Sunday.

  Apr 8, 2019
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• Wildfire season begins in Alberta

  According to the province, last wildfire season, 1,231 fires burned more than 49,000 hectares of land in Alberta. Of those fires, 789 were human-caused.

  Environment

  Mar 1, 2018