Here we go - 2018 fire season begins

Wednesday's lightning storm was on-par with July 8 from last year.  Most of the new fires are in a fairly narrow band from Kamloops to NE of Terrace.  Over night, there were a few new fires (mostly NW of Prince George), but also a few extinguished.  One of the latter is the Buffalo Creek fire, which started a couple of days ago, and was tackled quickly.

Calm winds today should aid firefighting efforts.  I expect we'll see many of the red dots below disappear in a day or two.  There is a slight smokey haze at Hendrix Lake today.


Screen captures from yesterday of current fires below.  Fires started in the past 24hrs are red.  Fires older than 24hrs are yellow.

Wednesday at 11am

Wednesday at 9pm

100 Mile House area at 9pm

July 8 2017 lightning storm