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Traffic moving again after vehicle fire on Okanagan Connector
A vehicle fire was impacting westbound traffic on Highway 97C, the Okanagan Connector, or Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.
Lighting sparks fire north of Summerland
A small wildfire is burning north of Summerland. BC Wildfire Service says the fire was discovered at 5:12 p.m. near Darke Creek, to the east of Fish Lake Road above Garnett Valley.
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Vancouver Island crews help battle Wesley Ridge wildfire with ground personnel, helicopters
Firefighters continue to battle the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, with 142 BC Wildfire Service personnel hard at ...
A fish falls from the sky and sparks a brush fire in British Columbia
A small brush fire and power outage in British Columbia started Wednesday not with lightning or a careless camper, but with ...
Wesley Ridge wildfire in B.C. burns in difficult terrain, posing a challenge for firefighters
The out-of-control wildfire has been chewing through the densely forested hills on the Cameron Lake’s northern shore ...
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Wildfire grows, evacuation order expands to nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island
A wildfire burning out of control on Vancouver Island has grown to an estimated 2.45 square kilometres, nearly double the ...
Canada's 2025 wildfire burn area exceeds size of the Greater Toronto Area
The amount of area burned by wildfires nationally this year is equivalent to a size bigger than the Greater Toronto Area (GTA ...
The Canadian Press on MSN2d
"Not out of the woods yet," BC Wildfire Service warns of very dynamic fire situations
Tens of thousands of lightning strikes across British Columbia since Wednesday have created "a very dynamic" wildfire ...