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The Mount Underwood wildfire has remained out of control, measuring at 3,761 hectares as of Sunday, August 17. Evacuation ...
Coulson Aviation is fighting fires on Vancouver Island this summer, a first since the company was flying its Mars Water ...
A wildfire burning north of Nanaimo that had forced hundreds to evacuate is now under control. The BC Wildfire Service ...
NANAIMO — The last group of wildfire evacuees forced from their Vancouver Island homes by a blaze north of Nanaimo were allowed to return over the weekend after crews got the fire under control. The ...
The B.C. Wildfire Service announced Saturday evening that crews have made significant progress in combating the Wesley Ridge ...
Officials say crews can now start the hard work of getting the Vancouver Island wildfire under control. Meanwhile, B.C. Hydro ...
PORT ALBERNI — Firefighters on Vancouver Island say a “significant” amount of rainfall has helped crews to make progress in ...
The Mount Underwood fire's perimeter has grown to 3,671 hectares in size but BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the recent 33 ...
The Mount Underwood wildfire area has received more than 30 millimetres of rain since Thursday. About 80 fires are burning ...
As the Mount Underwood wildfire rages south of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, residents and other communities bathed in smoke hope the promise of rain will help quench the flames.
A Gulf of Alaska low-pressure system has ushered in significant rainfall and a cooldown for B.C.'s South Coast, bringing fall ...
A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near ...