There are around 67 wildfires burning throughout B.C., causing a smokey haze that is lingering over downtown Vancouver. Here is a comprehensive list of all the blazes that are 10 hectares or more in the province, according to BC Wildfire:
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To view a map of each fire, click on the hyperlink attached to the location.
Coastal Fire Centre
Cougar Creek
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 5,000 hectares
- Status: Active
Elaho
- Discovered: June 14
- Area burning: 20,000 hectares
- Status: Active, 0% contained. Click here for more information.
Boulder Creek
- Discovered: June 30
- Area burning: 5,000 hectares
- Status: Active, 0% contained. Click here for more information.
Old Sechelt Mine
- Discovered: July 2
- Area burning: 80 hectares
- Status: Active, 40% contained. Click here for more information.
2 Miles E of Nanaimo Airport
- Discovered: July 2
- Area burning: 18 hectares
- Status: Active
Dog Mountain
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 35 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Tsulquate River
- Discovered: July 3
- Area burning: 17 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Northwest Fire Centre
Kapella River
- Discovered: July 3
- Area burning: 600 hectares
- Status: Active
Inklin River
- Discovered: May 19
- Area burning: 593 hectares
- Status: Active
Red River
- Discovered: May 22
- Area burning: 15,000 hectares
- Status: Active
King Salmon River Basin
- Discovered: May 25
- Area burning: 3,568 hectares
- Status: Active
Langhorse Mountain
- Discovered: May 25
- Area burning: 3,273 hectares
- Status: Active
Prince George Fire Centre
Little Bobtail Lake Fire
- Discovered: May 9
- Area burning: 25,569 hectares
- Status: Active, 100% contained. Click here for more information.
Manson Creek
- Discovered: May 25
- Area burning: 44 hectares
- Status: Active
Akie M/L
- Discovered: May 27
- Area burning: 37.5 hectares
- Status: Active
Frog River
- Discovered: June 7
- Area burning: 200 hectares
- Status: Active
Gataga River
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 500 hectares
- Status: Active
5 km Noel Road
- Discovered: May 17
- Area burning: 15 hectares
- Status: Active
Sikanni Chief River
- Discovered: May 27
- Area burning: 800 hectares
- Status: Active
15 nm N of Patty Airstrip
- Discovered: June 24
- Area burning: 12,000 hectares
- Status: Active
Silver Lakes
- Discovered: June 27
- Area burning: 20 hectares
- Status: Active
14 miles SE of Prophet River
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 15 hectares
- Status: Active
Klua Lakes
- Discovered: May 21
- Area burning: 1,967 hectares
- Status: Active, 100% contained. Click here for more information.
Toad River
- Discovered: May 24
- Area burning: 12 hectares
- Status: Active
Dunedin River Fire
- Discovered: May 28
- Area burning: 18,000 hectares
- Status: Active, 80% contained. Click here for more information.
South Shakilie River
- Discovered: May 28
- Area burning: 298.4 hectares
- Status: Active
Wadin Creek
- Discovered: May 29
- Area burning: 38,070 hectares
- Status: Active
Bulwell Creek
- Discovered: May 30
- Area burning: 304 hectares
- Status: Active
Thetlaandoa Creek
- Discovered: May 30
- Area burning: 946.7 hectares
- Status: Active, 90% contained. Click here for more information.
8 Mile Creek
- Discovered: June 6
- Area burning: 200 hectares
- Status: Active
South of Halden Creek
- Discovered: June 10
- Area burning: 57 hectares
- Status: Active
15 SW of Helmut
- Discovered: June 23
- Area burning: 237 hectares
- Status: Active
Petitot River Fire
- Discovered: June 23
- Area burning: 3,348 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
12 km west of Smith River
- Discovered: June 24
- Area burning: 366 hectares
- Status: Active
14km SW of July Lake
- Discovered: June 25
- Area burning: 2,220 hectares
- Status: Active
South of Kli Creek
- Discovered: June 25
- Area burning: 1,280 hectares
- Status: Active
9km North of Kli Creek
- Discovered: June 25
- Area burning: 13,400 hectares
- Status: Active
4 km N of Petitot River on Alberta Border
- Discovered: June 25
- Area burning: 21,270 hectares
- Status: Active
23 nautical miles N of Ft Nelson
- Discovered: June 25
- Area burning: 1,047 hectares
- Status: Active
BC/AB Border East of Shekillie River
- Discovered: June 28
- Area burning: 2,000 hectares
- Status: Active
Mount Bigfoot
- Discovered: June 28
- Area burning: 415 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Akue Creek wildfire
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 880 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Sahtaneh River
- Discovered: June 29
- Area burning: 1,400 hectares
- Status: Active
6km E of June Lake
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 3,041 hectares
- Status: Active
7 miles East of Clark Lake
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 36 hecatres
- Status: Active
7km west of confluence of Liard and Beaver River
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 2,380 hectares
- Status: Active
2 km West of Beaver River
- Discovered: July 1
- Area burning: 30 hectares
- Status: Active
5 miles east of Elk Mountain
- Discovered: July 3
- Area burning: 475 hectares
- Status: Active
Big Beaver Creek
- Discovered: July 5
- Area burning: 120 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Southeast Fire Centre
East of Lake Koocanusa
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 140 hectares
- Status: Active, 25% contained. Click here for more information.
Harrogate
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 54 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Bush River FSR 87km
- Discovered: June 13
- Area burning: 60 hectares
- Status: Active
Fullmer Creek
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 65 hectares
- Status: Active
Hidden Creek #1
- Discovered: July 5
- Area burning: 20 hectares
- Status: Active
Westbridge
- Discovered: June 28
- Area burning: 26 hectares
- Status: Active, 100% contained. Click here for more information.
Sitkum Creek
- Disocovered: July 4
- Area burning: 300 hectares
- Status: Active. Click here for more information.
Kamloops Fire Centre
Raft River
- Discovered: May 12
- Area burning: 83 hectares
- Status: Active, 100% contained. Click here for more information.
Venables Valley
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 30 hectares
- Status: Active, 0% contained. Click here for more information.
E of Parky Mountain
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 25 hectares
- Status: Active, 0% contained. Click here for more information.
Hunter Creek
- Discovered: June 27
- Area burning: 70 hectares
- Status: Active
Rancher Creek 3
- Discovered: June 28
- Area burning: 20 hectares
- Status: Active
Newby Lake
- Discovered: July 2
- Area burning: 588 hectares
- Status: Active, 0% contained. Click here for more information.
Huckleberry
- Discovered: July 3
- Area burning: 55 hectares
- Status: Active, 100% contained. Click here for more information.
24 km Ashnola Rd
- Discovered: July 4
- Area burning: 100 hecatres
- Status: Active, 0% contained. Click here for more information.
Cisco Road
- Discovered: June 11
- Area burning: 2,174 hectares
- Status: Active, 95% contained. Click here for more information.
Cariboo Fire Centre
17 Km South of Sheep Creek
- Discovered: June 30
- Area burning: 24.8 hectares
- Status: Active