By Ben Tompkins

BC Wildfire Update

Wildfire totals up by four in PG Fire Centre, stay at 266 in B.C.

Aug 12, 2021 | 9:39 AM

PRINCE GEORGE – As the wildfire situation here in our province has remained steady in the last 24 hours, here in our region wildfire totals have gone up by four.

Below are the updated wildfire statistics, as of today.

Fires

• Wildfires currently burning in B.C.: 266
• Since April 1, 2021:
  • 1,477 wildfires
  • 656,445 hectares of area burned
• Active fires by fire centre:
  • Cariboo: 32
  • Coastal: 21
  • Kamloops: 83
  • Northwest: 5
  • Prince George: 61
  • Southeast: 64

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• Firefighters and other personnel currently fighting the fires: 3,725
• Out-of-province firefighters: 439
• Helicopters and planes supporting ground crews: 207

Evacuations

• Evacuation orders: 55 (-5)
• Evacuation alerts: 105
• Properties:
  • Number of properties on order: 4,592 (-800)
  • Number of properties on alert: 29,170 (-1,729)
• Orders and alerts by Emergency Management BC region:
  • Vancouver Island Central Coast: 1 Orders 0 Alerts
  • Northwest: 0 Orders 0 (-1) Alert
  • Northeast: 1 (-4) Orders 7 Alerts
  • Central: 47 (-2) Orders 86 (+1)Alerts
  • Southeast: 2 Orders 9 Alerts
  • Southwest: 4 (+1) Orders 3 Alerts