From Terrace to Vanderhoof, from the Yukon to Caribou, the Northwest is ablaze as the last week has see a significant jump in the number of fires to be tackled by the BC Wildfire Service.
The vast majority of the attention heading into this weekend is the Bulkley-Nechako region, Lakes District and on to Vanderhoof.
At least ten Wildfires of Note, the highest ranking are listed on the BC Wildfire Service Map and even large volume of fires listed as Being out control.
Among the Fires of Note:
Nilkitana
Peacock Creek
Parrot Lookout
Tintagel
Nithi Mountain
Whitefish Lake
Tsar Creek
Greer Creek
Finger Lake
Pelican Lake
The latest status of those and all of the fires reported so far can be explored here.
The most recent Alert issued came out of the Terrace are at 5 PM with an Evacuation Alert issued for Cedarvale/Woodcock owing to a wildfire burning in the region.
Yesterday an Evacuation alert was issued for the Sik-E-Dakh-Glen Vowell Wildfire
As we head into the weekend only the Prince George Fire Centre District at 157 fires has more than the Northwest which at 102 is well ahead of all other regions of the province.
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