Fire

Wildfires

UPDATED: Home lost to fire at Waneta Junction

Fire Greg Nesteroff - August 21, 2025

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue has confirmed a home has been destroyed after a fire broke out around 3:18 p.m. today in the 8400 Block of Highway 22A.

Robson wildfire under control

Wildfires My Kootenay Now Staff - August 18, 2025

The BC Wildfire Service has pegged the fire at 0.03 hectares and says it is suspected to be human-caused.

Wildfire west of Castlegar now being held

Wildfires My Kootenay Now Staff - August 11, 2025

The fire on the north side of Mount Mackie is listed at 182.5 hectares. It's the largest wildfire burning in the West Kootenay, but it poses no threat to homes or to Highway 3.

UPDATED: Fire out at Kalesnikoff Lumber

Fire Greg Nesteroff - August 6, 2025

No one was injured in a fire at the local sawmill this afternoon, but damage is described as "significant."

UPDATED: Wildfire west of Castlegar now 153 hectares

Wildfires My Kootenay Now Staff - August 5, 2025

Of the handful of wildfires that broke out in the West Kootenay over the long weekend, the largest is burning west of Castlegar, on the north side of Mt. Mackie.

UPDATED: Wildfire north of Nakusp grows to 120 hectares

Wildfires Kate Brown - 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.

Quick action suppresses dumpster fire in Trail

Fire My Kootenay Now Staff - July 30, 2025

A dumpster fire in Trail today, July 30, could have become a significant incident were it not for the early alert by witnesses and the rapid response from the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue.

Arrow Lakes Drive brush fire under control

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - July 17, 2025

A small brush fire near Oostichenia has been deemed under control.

Updated: RDKB activates emergency operations centre

Wildfires Kate Brown - July 8, 2025

Local fire services are still awaiting information on a fire burning south of the border, near North Point in the state of Washington.

Wildfires ignite in West Kootenay

Wildfires Drew Wilson - July 3, 2025

A series of small wildfires have sprouted up throughout the West Kootenay and Creston Valley.

Kootenay snowpacks drop, wildfire outlook unclear

Wildfires Kate Brown - 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.