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Planned 3,000 hectare burn at White Rock Lake complete
The BC Wildfire Service says it has finished a planned burn at the White Rock Lake Fire yesterday evening, but notes the area will continue to burn and produce smoke over the next several days. In an ...
Aug 31, 2021 A look at the August 30 prescribed burn at the White Rock Lake Fire, seen from Highway 97, east of Falkland.
TNRD reports 87 destroyed or damaged properties due to Lytton Creek, Sparks Lake, and White Rock Lake fires
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is slowly getting a clearer picture of the damage to area properties due to this summer's wildfires. It says there have been 53 primary homes, 27 seasonal homes a...
Aug 30, 2021 Vehicles completely destroyed in Monte Lake by the White Rock Lake wildfire. (Photo by Todd Stone)
UPDATE: Evacuation order downgraded for Kane Valley, other properties near Coquihalla
UPDATE: 11:45 a.m. An evacuation order has been lifted for more than 50 properties near the July Mountain wildfire, including Kane Valley. There are 52 properties being taken off of order, on Kane Val...
Aug 30, 2021 A photo of the Brook Creek wildfire on August 14, 2021. (Photo by Scott Nelson)
Planned 3,000 hectare burn at White Rock Lake fire to go ahead today
The BC Wildfire Service says site conditions and weather are favourable for a large-scale planned burn on the northeast corner of the White Rock Lake Fire today. It says it will be a low intensity bur...
Aug 30, 2021 BC Wildfire Crews in August 2020. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Flat Lake Fire near 100 Mile House under control
The Flat Lake wildfire, near 100 Mile House, is now classified as under control, with no growth seen over the past several days. The fire was sparked by lightning on July 8, southwest of 100 Mile Hous...
Aug 30, 2021 The Flat Lake wildfire on July 29, 2021. (Photo by BC Wildfire Service)
Sparks Lake and Tremont Creek fires still considered 'fires of note' despite change in status
A change in the usual policy from the BC Wildfire Service at the Sparks Lake Fire and the Tremont Creek Fire near Kamloops, even though they are no longer burning out of control. "I have received noti...
Aug 27, 2021
Logan Lake mayor offers to help other communities get FireSmart to protect against wildfires
The Mayor of Logan Lake says work to FireSmart the community southwest of Kamloops was taking place before the program was even invented. Robin Smith says a lot of that work was done before she was of...
Aug 27, 2021
Wildfire preparation to be a 'key focus' in Budget 2022, Premier Horgan says
The Premier says wildfire preparation will be "a key focus" in the next provincial budget. Speaking Friday afternoon from Logan Lake, John Horgan, said many people in the Interior have been rattled by...
Aug 27, 2021 Premier John Horgan in Logan Lake on August 27, 2021 (Photo via Colton Davies)
Kamloops pilot shows extent of wildfire damage to surrounding areas
A Kamloops pilot got a front seat look at the "blight on the landscape" where massive wildfires have burned, and has shared that with the greater public. Dale Maher flew out of the Kamloops Airport la...
Aug 27, 2021 An aerial view of Monte Lake and part of Westwold around August 21, 2021. (Photo by Dale Maher)
Tremont Creek Fire being held; final evacuation orders downgraded
The final evacuation order that was in place due to the Tremont Creek has been lifted Thursday morning, as the fire southwest of Kamloops is being held. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says 118 ...
Aug 26, 2021 The Tremont Creek Fire as seen on July 17. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
