Prince George Fire

• B.C.’s biggest wildfire doubles in size after merging with another fire

  It is classified as out of control and has prompted the Peace River Regional District to issue an evacuation order and an evacuation alert.

  Fire

  Jun 10, 2025
  
• ‘Like a shockwave’: Explosion hospitalizes 3 people in downtown Prince George

  Videos posted to Twitter showed flames and thick black smoke billowing from a building Tuesday morning. The cause of the explosion is so far unknown.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2023
  
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• New evacuation order for wildfire burning northwest of Prince George

  The Great Beaver Lake wildfire, first detected in July, is burning out of control at an estimated 4,353 hectares. It is considered a wildfire of note. 

  Fire

  Aug 18, 2023
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• B.C. man faces charges related to 2020 fire in Prince George that killed three

  RCMP say 35-year-old Justin Aster is charged with three counts of criminal negligence causing death and two arson-related offences.

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2021
• RCMP appeal for video in Prince George hotel fire that killed 3

  Mounties are looking for images captured within a two-block radius of the Econo Lodge hotel on Victoria Street, taken between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on July 8. 

  Crime

  Jul 9, 2020
• Three dead in ‘suspicious’ fire at Prince George, B.C., hotel

  Fire crews were called to the Econo Lodge at 910 Victoria Street just after 9 a.m., to find flames and thick smoke pouring from the building.

  Crime

  Jul 8, 2020
• Pipeline explosion near Prince George forces about 100 evacuations from First Nation community

  The fire was "very, very big, and every once in a while it would definitely expand," according to one witness.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2018