BC Wildfire Update

Active wildfire total drops by three in PG Fire Centre and eleven in B.C.

Aug 10, 2021 | 10:37 AM

PRINCE GEORGE – As wildfires continue to engulf much of the province in flames, active wildfires took a slight dip in numbers.

As of today, active wildfire totals went down by three in our region, five in the Kamloops Fire Centre and eleven overall in the entire province.

Although that means that wildfires cooled down slightly, there are still 260 wildfires burning across B.C.

Below are the current numbers throughout our province.

Fires:

Wildfires burning in B.C.: 262

Since April 1, 2021:

1,453 wildfires

  • 650,582 hectares burned
  • Active fires by fire centre:

Cariboo: 32

  • Coastal: 22
  • Kamloops: 81
  • Northwest: 6

Prince George: 58

  • Southeast: 63
  • Crews and equipment:
  • Firefighters and other personnel fighting the fires: 3,549
  • Out-of-province firefighters: 364
  • Helicopters and planes supporting ground crews: 209
  • Evacuations:

Evacuation orders: 63 (-3)

Evacuation alerts: 108 (+2)

Properties:

  • Number of properties on order: 6,219 (-373)
  • Number of properties on alert: 31,903 (-628)
  • Orders and alerts by Emergency Management BC region:

Vancouver Island Central Coast: 1 order, 0 alerts

Northwest: 0 orders, 2 alerts

Northeast: 5 orders, 7 alerts

  • Central: 52 (-3) orders, 86 (+2) alerts
  • Southeast: 2 orders, 10 alerts
  • Southwest: 3 orders, 3 alerts