The BC Wildfire Service is tracking a significant number of registered Category 3 open fires within the Northwest Fire Centre.

Dawson Road Maintenance will assume responsibility for highway maintenance in Service Area 25 (Bulkley Nass), which includes provincial roadways for Smithers, the Hazeltons, Stewart and highways 16 and 37 (North).

The Arctic cold front currently moving through the Northwest Fire Centre has brought cooler temperatures and rain to most of the region.

Strong winds in the Cassiar Fire Zone on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, prompted increased fire activity and caused two of the more prominent wildfires within the Northwest Fire Centre to grow.  

The BC Wildfire Service expects that wildfires burning in the Cassiar Fire Zone will become more active today, Aug. 13, 2019, due to strong winds in the region. This wind pattern is forecasted to continue until Friday, Aug. 16, 2019.

The BC Wildfire Service is deploying additional resources to suppress the Mehan Lake Fire (R51309), burning about 75 kilometres north of Meziadin Junction and four kilometres south of Bell II along Highway 37.

The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a wildfire burning near Highway 37, about 75 kilometres north of Meziadin Junction and four kilometres south of Bell II.

Two wildfires in the Cassiar Fire Zone of the Northwest Fire Centre are producing large smoke columns that are highly visible from nearby communities.

The B.C. government has allocated another $265,106 in Community Resiliency Investment program grants to five local governments and First Nations communities in the Northwest Fire Centre to help support wildfire risk reduction projects.

Several new wildfires started in the Northwest Fire Centre over the weekend, due to lightning storms that have been moving through the region.