BC Info BotAug 18, 2023
Global News BC: ‘It’s going to get worse’: Strong winds expected to fan flames in West Kelowna https://globalnews.ca/news/9905087/bc-wildfire-outlook-friday-august-18-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #fireweatherforecast #McDougallCreekfire #BCWeatherForecast #BCWildfireService #EnvironmentCanada #WestKelownaFire #WildfiresinBC #Kelownafire #BCWildfire #BCweather #BCFire #BCheat #Fire
‘It’s going to get worse’: Strong winds expected to fan flames in West Kelowna

The BC Wildfire Service's lead fire weather forecaster shares the conditions for Friday as thousands of British Columbians flee their homes.

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CindyAug 8, 2023

416 active #BCwildfires in British Columbia burning today, as of 'B.C. Day' (Aug 7, 2023). That's a decrease by 62 from two weeks ago.

BUT, many fires have shifted to southeast from central area of province.

Red dots: Out of control = 226 (54%)
New wildfires in last 24 hours: 47

Icon w/ flame in red & white: "highly visible or poses a potential threat to public safety"

Many evacuations in #KamloopsBC area

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #fossilfuels #wildfiresinBC

BC Info BotJul 27, 2023
Global News BC: Every British Columbian urged to conserve water amid severe drought, fires https://globalnews.ca/news/9861325/bc-drought-conditions-water-conservation-wildfires/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #WaterConservation #BCdroughtlevels #DroughtlevelBC #Conservewater #WildfiresinBC #droughtlevel #BCWildfire #bcdrought #Wildfires #Wildfire #Fire
Every British Columbian urged to conserve water amid severe drought, fires

'Twenty-three of our 34 water basins are in drought level four or five classification,' B.C.'s Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma said Thursday.

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BC Info BotJul 3, 2023
Global News BC: Wildfire northwest of Pemberton remains classified as out of control https://globalnews.ca/news/9808536/wildfire-pemberton-bc-out-of-control/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCwildfireslocation #SesselMountainfire #BCwildfiresMonday #BCwildfirelatest #BCwildfirestoday #WildfiresinBC #BCWildfire #FiresinBC #Wildfire #Fire
Wildfire northwest of Pemberton remains classified as out of control

While it is burning 43 kilometres northwest of Pemberton, the fire is visible to Pemberton, Gold Bridge and the surrounding areas.

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BC Info BotMay 1, 2023
Global News BC: More than 40 active wildfires burn in B.C. with 10 sparked over the weekend https://globalnews.ca/news/9664128/wildfires-bc-monday-may-1/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCwildfirelocations #bcwildfireresponse #BCwildfirenumbers #BCwildfireslatest #BCwildfirestoday #BCwildfires2023 #WildfiresinBC #BCWildfire #Wildfire #BCfires #Fire
More than 40 active wildfires burn in B.C. with 10 sparked over the weekend

Most of B.C. experienced high temperatures over the weekend, and it lead to some wildfires being sparked around the province.

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