Wildfire BC

As smoky skies fill much of British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, 191 wildfires continue to burn across the province, leading to hundreds of ...

The fire has now grown to 86.63 square km and is being fought by both Canadian and U.S. It has issued an air quality advisory, warning of high concentrations of fine particulate matter. John in the Peace region. and the United States. The Flood Falls Trail wildfire has now grown to 4.58 square kilometres and prompted the district of Hope and the Fraser Valley Regional District to In Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, and the Greater Victoria, the skies have turned grey due to wildfire smoke. Sunday, 5 deemed fires of note: B.C. 191 active wildfires in B.C. [an evacuation order](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Emergency~Management/2022-09-11-FloodFallsWildfireEvacOrderAreaB(Final).pdf) for a handful of properties in Laidlaw due to the nearby Flood Falls Trail wildfire. An air quality advisory has been issued for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley because of high concentrations of fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke in B.C. Right now, five of the active wildfires are considered notable: the Flood Falls Trail and Heather Lake wildfires in the Coastal fire centre; the Fry Creek wildfire in the Southeast fire centre; and the Battleship Mountain and Bearhole Lake wildfires in the Prince George fire centre. As smoky skies fill much of British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, 191 wildfires continue to burn across the province, leading to hundreds of evacuation alerts, as well as evacuation orders in the Peace region.