BC wildfires right now
Active wildfires in British Columbia, straight from the BC Wildfire Service incident feed — the agency's own record, not a satellite estimate.
Last updated 2026-09-08 23:11 UTC · refreshes automatically on load
As of 2026-09-08 23:11 UTC, the BC Wildfire Service lists 129 active wildfires in British Columbia — 10 out of control, 58 being held, 61 under control. The largest is Pear Lake at 165,909 hectares; active fires cover 424,959 hectares in total.
129
Active wildfires
10
Out of control
0
Fires of Note
424,959 ha
Total area burning
Top 15 of 129 — full detail on the live map
| Incident | Status | Size (ha) | Discovered | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pear Lake | Being Held | 165,909 | 2026-07-18 | Lightning |
| Ainslie Creek | Being Held | 67,722 | 2026-07-05 | Person |
| French Bar Creek | Being Held | 61,050 | 2026-07-04 | Unknown |
| Bonanza Creek | Being Held | 34,992 | 2026-07-21 | Lightning |
| Bald Range | Under Control | 25,163 | 2026-08-07 | Unknown |
| Brunswick Creek | Being Held | 9,267 | 2026-07-02 | Person |
| Border 2 | Out of Control | 6,277 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Lessard Lake | Out of Control | 6,224 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Felker Fire | Under Control | 4,217 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Riley Creek | Being Held | 4,206 | 2026-06-24 | Lightning |
| Twin Two Creek | Being Held | 3,772 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Palmer Creek | Under Control | 3,097 | 2026-08-05 | Lightning |
| Bradley Creek FSR | Under Control | 2,658 | 2026-08-01 | Person |
| Matthew Creek | Being Held | 1,826 | 2026-07-18 | Lightning |
| Swede Creek | Under Control | 1,815 | 2026-06-01 | Unknown |
Questions & answers
- How current is this data?
- The page fetches the BC Wildfire Service’s own incident feed on each visit (cached for at most 5 minutes). BCWS updates that feed continuously during fire season, so what you see here is what the agency itself is reporting, minutes ago — not a satellite estimate.
- What does "Fire of Note" mean?
- A "Fire of Note" is BC Wildfire Service’s designation for a wildfire that is highly visible or poses a potential threat to public safety. It is the agency’s highest-attention category and is assigned by BCWS, not computed by this page.
- What does "Out of Control" mean?
- BCWS status language: an "Out of Control" wildfire is spreading or anticipated to spread beyond the current perimeter or control line. "Being Held" means it is projected to stay within existing boundaries; "Under Control" means it will not spread further.
- Can I embed this map in an article?
- Yes. Open the live map from this page, then use Share → Copy embed code. The embed carries the data citation and updates with the same live source. Attribution to BC Wildfire Service rides on the layer.
- Where does the data come from?
- Directly from the BC Wildfire Service public incident feed ("BC Wildfire Fire Locations — Current"), published under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. ShowMeOnMap never pre-loads or estimates values: if the feed is down, this page says so instead of showing stale numbers.
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