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Wildfire
With warm weather comes increased wildfire risk across Southern Interior
KAMLOOPS – It's just a few days until we officially enter summer, but temperatures in…
Allie Lake wildfire near Kamloops has been contained
KAMLOOPS – A wildfire burning 55 kilometres northwest of Kamloops has been declared 100 per…
UPDATE: Crews making good progress on wildfires in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS – While small fires continue to pop up across the Southern Interior, B.C. Wildfire…
Public restricted from areas near Allie Lake
KAMLOOPS – The wildfire continues at Allie Lake. At noon on Saturday, May 26, an…
UPDATE: Fire burning near Mission Hill in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The fire may be almost out but the work is not done.…
Evacuation orders near Allie Lake
KAMLOOPS – Wildfire activity continues to burn in the Thompson-Nicola region. Yesterday, May 25, Chair…
What exactly is a ‘human-caused’ wildfire?
Around this time each year, at least a couple of wildfires start popping up around…
UPDATE: Wildfires burning near Kamloops, Lillooet more than 100 hectares
KAMLOOPS – A wildfire sparked north of Savona has grown since last night, and dozens…
Latest threat to agriculture in Okanagan is wildfire
PENTICTON – Being prepared for the next wildfire on the farm or vineyard is what…
VIDEO: B.C. SPCA behind-the-scenes during devastating Interior wildfire season
While wildfires burned across the province this summer, authorities were working behind evacuation lines to…
Provincial government still working on compensating wildfire evacuee hosts
After stepping up to help out during the province's worst wildfire season on record, those…
Small business owners affected by wildfires can now apply for more funding
Small business owners who suffered financially through B.C.'s worst wildfire season can now apply for…
Smoke you see in Okanagan may not be an emergency
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Fire Department is appealing to the public not to call 911…
New monument will honour volunteers during the 2017 wildfire season
KAMLOOPS – Volunteers who stepped up during the unprecedented wildfire season this summer will be…
VIDEO: Watch the Cariboo’s wildfire season from beginning to end
CARIBOO – Thousands of evacuees from the Cariboo district fled to Kamloops this summer when…
Firefighters extinguish small West Kelowna wildfire
WEST KELOWNA – People with shovels helped put out a human-caused grass fire in West…
Wildfire in Okanagan Mountain Park behaving as expected
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The fire burning in Okanagan Mountain Park has tripled in size but…
UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire to let human-caused blaze across from Peachland burn under a watchful eye
PEACHLAND – Wildfire officials have confirmed they will not mount a full response to the…
UPDATE: Another brush fire in West Kelowna’s Glen Canyon
WEST KELOWNA – Glenrosa residents have seen a fire like this before; several times over…
After light summer, search and rescues ready for lost hunter season
This summer’s strange playbook — first flooding, then fire — has been just as strange…
Kamloops RCMP still searching for missing Williams Lake wildfire evacuee
KAMLOOPS – Police are still searching for a Williams Lake wildfire evacuee who was last…
Campfire ban lifted in Southern Interior on first day of fall
KAMLOOPS – After an unprecedented wildfire season, the campfire ban in the Kamloops Fire Centre…
All evacuation alerts, orders related to Elephant Hill fire rescinded
Some massive progress was made on the Elephant Hill wildfire over the past few weeks,…
UPDATE: Finlay Creek wildfire is 65 per cent contained
SUMMERLAND – The Finlay Creek wildfire remains active, however, there are no active evacuation orders or…