After several tough wildfire seasons in recent years, the province says it is preparing for whatever 2026 holds.

A prescribed burn is scheduled to begin in the Lytton area starting this week. BC Wildfire Service and Lytton First Nation will conduct a prescribed burn covering up to 39 hectares on Ngwyu’uyemc 36 ...

The intense 2025 wildfire season in B.C. means firefighters will face challenges in 2026 because of overwintering wildfires, also called holdover or zombie fires, that smoulder deep underground ...

BC Wildfire Service crews have returned home after spending a month helping battle fires in Australia. In late January, 37 BC ...

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.

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.