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Wildfire roundup august 14

Update 7, August 15, 8 pm. In the last 48 hours, the Bearhole Lake fire has seen significant growth. The good news is the...

Kinuseo falls road closed

With the tentfire creek fire becoming extremely active over the last 48 hours, the kinuseo falls road has been closed at km 4 More details...

Wildfire Roundup, August 13

Time to update the old fire watch file. While the Tentfire Creek fire remains the most concerning fire in the Tumbler Ridge area, it...

Ridgeview fire closure affects Tumbler Ridge riders

While most eyes have been on the Tentfire Creek fire and other, closer fires to Tumbler Ridge, a new Area Restriction for Ridgeview Creek...

Fire danger heading back to extreme

After some wet cool weather knocked the fire ratings down over the last few weeks, we are back into high to extreme fire conditions....

Brush fire behind Bergeron

And that, my friends, is another reason why we have a fire department. For the better part of the summer—since July 1—there has been at...

Seven active fires in Tumbler Ridge area

Update 5: Hook creek is now classified as being held. Update 4: Or four... Update 3: Make that three new fires.... Update 2: While the fire...

Fourth fire in Tumbler region caused by humans

A fourth fire was discovered on August 1, but initial attack wildfire crews were able to get to the scene quickly and put it...

Controlled burn happens today!

After two weeks of planning and preparing, then waiting for the weather to be right, BC Wildfire Service is finally doing the controlled burn...

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