CHETWYND -Update: Highway 97 just south of Chetwynd has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.In addition to that, the evacuation order for the area has been lifted and an alert has been issued instead.Earlier: The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) has issued an evacuation order for the Wildmare Creek near Che...

PRINCE GEORGE - Last year, 2.84 million hectares of forest fire burned in the Prince George Fire Centre and, already, there have been two evacuation alerts in the region. And it's only April. And the theme to the end of a summit involving 700 participants is FireSmart and being prepared. And, after last year, it's more...

PRINCE GEORGE- The BC WIldfire Service says four fires that sparked over the weekend in the central Interior are suspected to be human-caused. That includes the two fires out in the Vanderhoof and Fort St James area, the fire on Chief Lake Road near Ness Lake and the Burgess Creek wildfire between Williams Lake and Que...

PRINCE GEORGE - A busy afternoon for firefighting crews late Sunday afternoon (April 21).The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George says the Ness Lake Volunteer Fire Department (NLFD) was called out to a fire on Chief Lake Road at 3:50 p.m .The NLFD received mutual aid from the Salmon Valley and Pilot Mountain volunte...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Update: An Evacuation Alert was issued by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako for Wildfire G40119 on April 21 at 3:30 p.m.According to the BC Wildfire Service, the fire has grown to 25 hectares in size and is located 750 metres west of Endako."BC Wildfire Service personnel are currently worki...

VANDERHOOF -BC Wildfire Service began "controlled burn trials" at the Vanderhoof airport, on Thursday, April 18. The smoke from the burning may impact nearby residents and the burns will be conducted intermittently over the next several weeks.BC Wildfire Service also says any smoke produced by the burn is exp...

PRINCE GEORGE -Prince George will host the Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit (WRTS) at the Civic Centre starting this weekend.The five-day affair will run from April 20 until the 24, with firefighting training this weekend (April 20,21) and a FireSmart conference from April 22-24.The event will bring over 650 mem...

PRINCE GEORGE - It seems some people didn't get the memo when it came to an open burning ban issued throughout the Prince George Fire Centre effective March 28.The Prince George Fire Centre says it responded to multiple incidents across its territory last week as a result of pile burns that were newly lit and/or previo...

CHETWYND - The BC Wildfire Service is busy battling a 5.2 hectare blaze south of Chetwynd.The fire was discovered on March 31 and is now classified as out-of-control. An out-of-control wildfire is a wildfire that is continuing to spread and is not responding to suppression efforts.The blaze is approximately 7 kilometre...

PRINCE GEORGE - A Category 2 and 3 open burning ban is coming to the Prince George Fire Centre.It will go into effect at noon on March 28 and will cover the entire fire centre. This prohibition will remain in force until October 15 or until the order is rescinded. A number of activities and equipment will also be banne...

PRINCE GEORGE - The wildfire season in BC started six months ago, and there are currently over 250 active wildfires burning across the province the right now, with the vast majority considered under control, around 30 fires are still deemed as out of control."We've kind of moved out of the core season and where we...

PRINCE GEORGE - Despite nearing the end of the wildfire season, there are still hundreds of fires burning in B.C. right now and one wildfire of note near Chetwynd is of concern.320 wildfires are currently burning in B.C., an abnormal statistic for this time of year. A number of areas are still under evacuation alert, i...