Record Wildfire Season

• 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. year in review 2017: wildfires devastate the province like never before

  More than 1.2 million hectares burned.

  Environment

  Dec 25, 2017
  
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• 2017 officially B.C.’s worst ever wildfire season

  With 894,491 hectares burned since April 1, B.C. is now facing its worst-ever wildfire season.

  Aug 16, 2017
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• B.C.’s on fire from north to south — and it’s still not enough to set a record

  "It's actually a pretty low number."

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2017