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UPDATED: Wildfire north of Nakusp grows to 120 hectares

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

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

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

Updated: RDKB activates emergency operations centre

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

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

Kootenay snowpacks drop, wildfire outlook unclear

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

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

Wildfires spark in the West Kootenay

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

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

Crews contain Warfield wildfire

Fire and rescue responded to a wildfire burning close to homes located on Forest Drive in Warfield in Friday evening.

UPDATED: Fire contained at Fruitvale Elementary

Updated story, May 30, 3:30 p.m.: Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue crews successfully extinguished a fire at Fruitvale Elementary School...

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