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.
Fetched 2026-10-24 00:32 UTC (just now) · Refresh
As of 2026-10-24 00:32 UTC, the BC Wildfire Service lists 63 active wildfires in British Columbia — 1 out of control, 9 being held, 53 under control. The largest is Pear Lake at 165,909 hectares; active fires cover 309,078 hectares in total.
63
Active wildfires
1
Out of control
0
Fires of Note
309,078 ha
Total area burning
Top 15 of 63 — full detail on the live map
| Incident | Status | Size (ha) | Discovered | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pear Lake | Under Control | 165,909 | 2026-07-18 | Lightning |
| Ainslie Creek | Under Control | 69,705 | 2026-07-05 | Person |
| Bald Range | Under Control | 25,163 | 2026-08-07 | Unknown |
| Brunswick Creek | Under Control | 9,543 | 2026-07-02 | Person |
| Border 2 | Being Held | 6,277 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Lessard Lake | Under Control | 6,224 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Felker Fire | Under Control | 4,217 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Twin Two Creek | Under Control | 3,772 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Palmer Creek | Under Control | 3,097 | 2026-08-05 | Lightning |
| Bourgeois Creek | Under Control | 1,644 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| C10952 | Under Control | 1,588 | 2026-07-16 | Lightning |
| Inonoaklin Creek | Under Control | 1,511 | 2026-07-25 | Lightning |
| Sea Lion Mountain | Under Control | 1,356 | 2026-08-02 | Lightning |
| Norwegian Creek | Being Held | 1,340 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
| Tower Creek | Under Control | 1,327 | 2026-07-17 | Lightning |
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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