MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The chief of the fire department in Mission, B.C., says air conditioning units were falling through the ceiling behind his crew members as they were trying to evacuate ...

Dozens of BCWS members returned to British Columbia last week after spending more than a month in Australia helping to fight wildfires in the country’s State of Victoria.

BC Wildfire Service crews have returned home after spending a month helping battle fires in Australia. In late January, 37 BC Wildfire Service staff travelled to the Australian state of Victoria to ...

The BC Wildfire Service and Shackan Indian Band will be conducting a prescribed burn covering up to 30 hectares on the band’s number 11 reserve as early as next Monday. The controlled burn is part of ...

Northeastern B.C. still has some overwintering fires burning, some of which were sparked years ago. An overwintering fire, which is also known as a zombie fire, burns deep into the ground in the ...

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.