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British Columbia Wildfires: Live Fire Map
British Columbia
Bold outline: British Columbia boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring provinces.
Active evacuation zones in British Columbia
Live zone status from EmergencyInfoBC, refreshed every 5 minutes; every zone is also shaded on the map above. If you are in a zone under an order, leave now and follow official instructions.
- OrderSumas First Nation - 37005, 36901, 36909, 36919 Kilgard Road
- OrderFaulder, Darke Lake, Meadow Valley, Greata Ranch
- OrderGreata Ranch to Summerland Boundary on Highway 97
- OrderSummerland
- OrderOkanagan Indian Band IR 1
- OrderWhispering Pines Clinton IRs 1, 3, 5, 6
- OrderSaw Creek Wildfire
- OrderShackan Indian Band
- OrderShackan IR 11 Lot 40 and 44
- WarningSplatsin Kukpi7 & Tkwamipla
- WarningColdwater IR 3
- WarningSpuzzum FN
- WarningBattani Creek Landslide – 57, 59, 61 Brunswick Beach Rd; 1,14 Crystal Falls Rd; 1, 2 Goldenrod Ave
- WarningBoothroyd IB
- WarningColdwater IR 1
- WarningKuthlalth 3
- WarningPaul's Basin - IR 2
- WarningYale First Nation IRs #1,4,5,6,7,8
- WarningPear Lake Wildfire - Ts'kw'aylaxw
Zone codes are the official identifiers county emergency managers use in alerts. To check a specific address, use the fire-near-me search on the homepage.
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Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.
This season vs the last decade
3% of an average yearFires currently burning in British Columbia cover 58K acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 2.0M acres here.
Active fires in British Columbia
- -V10755 Fire-40,024 acres74 days ago
- -V10742 Fire-7,893 acres72 days ago
- -C10467 Fire-4,485 acres106 days ago
- -K70748 Fire-3,080 acres75 days ago
- -K70597 Fire-1,638 acres87 days ago
- -N20809 Fire-284 acres73 days ago
- -K70659 Fire-178 acres73 days ago
- -V10108 Fire-158 acres121 days ago
- -V30852 Fire-94 acres72 days ago
- -C40784 Fire-86 acres77 days ago
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V10755 Fire | - | 40,024 acres | - | 74 days ago |
| V10742 Fire | - | 7,893 acres | - | 72 days ago |
| C10467 Fire | - | 4,485 acres | - | 106 days ago |
| K70748 Fire | - | 3,080 acres | - | 75 days ago |
| K70597 Fire | - | 1,638 acres | - | 87 days ago |
| N20809 Fire | - | 284 acres | - | 73 days ago |
| K70659 Fire | - | 178 acres | - | 73 days ago |
| V10108 Fire | - | 158 acres | - | 121 days ago |
| V30852 Fire | - | 94 acres | - | 72 days ago |
| C40784 Fire | - | 86 acres | - | 77 days ago |
Latest fire updates in British Columbia
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
K40817 Fire · Zone Okanagan Indian Band IR 1 placed under Order
7 days ago · September 18, 2026
Wildfire history in British Columbia
Large fires (200+ hectares) since 1990, Canadian National Fire Database.
June and July account for 67% of the acreage burned in British Columbia in an average year, based on large fires (200+ hectares) in Canadian federal records.
Over the last five years, British Columbia averaged 1.9M acres burned and 84 fires per year. That is 352% up in acreage and 139% up in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in British Columbia? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.
Largest fires on record in British Columbia
- 2023 Holdover DONNIE CREEK20231,529,762 acres
- 2023 Holdover G902882023716,787 acres
- 2023 Holdover Ekwan Tower2023679,675 acres
- 2023 Holdover G906282023428,365 acres
- 2023 Holdover Big Creek2023412,312 acres
Emergency resources for British Columbia
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.