Wildfires

UPDATED: Wildfire north of Nakusp grows to 120 hectares

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - July 30, 2025

B.C. Wildfire Services are responding to the MacLeod Creek wildfire, located approximately eight kilometres north of Nakusp on the east side of Highway 23.

Kootenays see low five-year average of human-caused wildfires

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - July 17, 2025

The Kootenay region has one of the lowest rates of human-caused wildfires in the province.

Category 2 open fire prohibition coming into affect Friday

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - July 7, 2025

Category 2 open burning will be prohibited across the Southeast Fire Centre starting Friday, July 11 at 12 p.m.

Kootenay snowpacks drop, wildfire outlook unclear

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - June 16, 2025

Snowpacks in the Kootenays are considerably lower this June compared to last June, but the BC Wildfire Service says that doesn’t automatically mean this wildfire season will be worse.

Prescribed burn planned for Tillicum area

Wildfires My Nelson Now Staff - June 13, 2025

BC Wildfire Service will support Interfor in conducting a hazard abatement burn in the Tillicum area.

Wildfires spark in the West Kootenay

Wildfires My Nelson Now Staff - June 12, 2025

Wildfire officials say the one-hectare blaze discovered Tuesday south of Gray Creek is being held and new ones have sparked in the West Kootenay.

Human-caused wildfire burning near Gray Creek

Wildfires Drew Wilson - June 11, 2025

A human caused fire is burning out of control in the Gray Creek area on the east shore of Kootenay Lake.

Grassy Mountain prescribed burn to begin Tuesday

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - June 3, 2025

The prescribed burn planned for the area of Grassy Mountain could begin today (June 3). The burn will cover up...

Prescribed burn near Grassy Mountain scheduled for tomorrow

Wildfires My Nelson Now Staff - May 27, 2025

A prescribed burn in the area of Grassy Mountain is scheduled to begin as early as Wednesday, May 28....

Category 3 open fire ban coming to Southeast Fire Centre

Wildfires My Nelson Now Staff - May 27, 2025

The BC Wildfire Service will enact a Category 3 open fire prohibition in the Southeast Fire Centre this Friday. The...

Balfour wildfire contained

Wildfires Drew Wilson - May 12, 2025

The BC Wildfire Service does not expect a blaze near Balfour to get any bigger. They have declared the Queens...

FortisBC warns of proactive outages during peak wildfire season

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - April 30, 2025

FortisBC is encouraging Kootenay residents to prepare for prolonged power outages as a result of extreme wildfire weather. The utility...

Nine Kootenay-based projects get forest management funding

Wildfires My Nelson Now Staff - April 25, 2025

Nine projects across the Kootenays will get a share of about $1.9 million from the provincial government for wildfire...

Prescribed burn planned for Harrop Creek planned