'All wildfires' includes all wildfires that have occurred in a particular fire centre this year, while 'Active wildfires' lists only those fires currently being actioned. The links below list all current wildfires (over 0.01 hectares) in British Columbia, including wildfires of note. Get a provincial overview and regional breakdown of stats for this fire season, including how many fires have started and how much area has burned. Find out the current fire danger rating in your area.įind out about weather stations operated by the BC Wildfire Service, view maps showing the precipitation levels, wind speed, relative humidity and temperature across B.C., and read the latest BC Wildfire Service seasonal outlook.įind out if smoke from wildfires is impacting the air quality in your area, and what that could mean for your health. Read news and updates on B.C.'s wildfire response efforts, bans and restrictions, and other wildfire topics.įire danger ratings are used to indicate how easily fires can start and spread in an area, and indicate which areas are at risk of severe wildfire activity. If a wildfire is especially visible or poses a threat to public safety, we classify it as a "Wildfire of Note" and provide detailed updates on it as information becomes available.
In Oregon, the lightning-sparked Cedar Creek Fire has quadrupled in size since last week, burning about 92,548 acres as of Tuesday and was still burning with 0% containment.View the location and details of all active wildfires in B.C., as well as current open burning prohibitions, evacuation alerts, evacuation orders and more.Īdditional information about dashboards, layers and wildfire statistics is provided in the BCWS Interactive Map Reference Guide. More than 800,000 acres have burned in 93 large active fires and complexes across the West, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
The fire is one of many burning across the West that are choking the air with smoke. Air Quality Index reported “ very unhealthy” air quality. The smoke rolled past state lines and into Nevada, where the U.S.
The Mosquito Fire continues to push steadily to the east in heavily forested areas with extremely dry vegetation, officials said.īefore winds cleared the smoke Tuesday, it created unhealthy air quality in the region due to a high concentration of particulate matter from the fire in the air. The fire had jumped an area with twists and turns in the river where the wind swirls and pushes smoke and embers, Cal Fire fire behavior analyst Jonathan Pangburn explained in the briefing.Īdditional evacuations were ordered Tuesday afternoon, including for the community of Stumpy Meadows, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. They’re trying really hard to hold that fire in that box right there,” Haack said. “They’ve got a pretty significant firefight going on out there right now as we speak. Recruitment risk occurs in species that rely upon. Smoke from the Mosquito Fire begins creating unhealthy to hazardous conditions in Northern California for reproduction, a population can become extirpated when its longevity is less than the fire interval. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Thousands of homes are threatened by the multi-county wildfire and over 11,000 evacuated as fire activity expected to increase. Though firefighters were aided by calmer weather over the weekend, stronger southwest winds blew into the region Tuesday, breaking up a smoke inversion that had for days hung over the Mosquito Fire.įORESTHILL, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: A general view of flames from the wildfire in Foresthill of California, United States on September 10, 2022.
It was not immediately clear how many buildings and vehicles were lost in the flare-up, but firefighters appear to have kept the flames away from Foresthill High School, Cal Fire Public Information Officer Scott McLean told CNN. Fred Greaves/ReutersĬalifornia's Mosquito Fire destroys 46 structures before pushing deeper into forested areas, sending smoke into Nevadaīy Tuesday afternoon, the fire pushed toward the community of Foresthill and arrived at the edge of Foresthill High School, torching structures across the street as firefighting aircraft raced to drop flame retardant over the raging blaze.Īerial video from CNN affiliate KCRA showed the flames burning a row of cars and structures under thick, black smoke. A firefighter monitors the flames from a backfire while fighting the Mosquito fire at Volcanoville, California, September 9, 2022.
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