BC Wildfire Service reports 86 fires so far in 2022
Posted May 2, 2022 4:00 pm.
Last Updated July 5, 2022 10:33 am.
The province’s wildfire season has been underway for a full month, and so far the BC Wildfire Service has recorded 86 fires, almost all of which were human-caused.
There were three new fires since Sunday. One happened west of Cranbrook, and the other two were in the Cariboo region. Two of the three are believed to be human-caused while the third is under investigation, according to the BC Wildfire Service.
The fire danger rating in the B.C. South Coast is currently very low. Parts of the Interior are listed as “moderate,” which means forest fuels are drying and there is an increased risk of surface fires sparking up.
A separate human-caused blaze spotted last Thursday east of Anglemont on Shuswap Lake is under 20 hectares in size but the wildfire service says it remains listed as out of control. All but a few of the fires recorded so far this year have happened in sections of the Kamloops, Cariboo, or Southeast fire districts.
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The 2021 wildfire season was not kind to B.C. At the height of the season, the number of active wildfires in the province was over 300, according to statistics from BC Wildfire Service.
On June 30, 2021 the town of Lytton nearly entirely burned to ash following a massive fire. The blaze destroyed the town and impacted around 1,500 people living in the area.
From April 1, 2021 to March 28, 2022, 1,642 wildfires burned 869,279 hectares in B.C. Wildfires between April 1 to Sept. 30 cost the province over $550 million.
