To help ensure accommodation is available for critical-response personnel and the tens of thousands of people evacuated due to wildfires, the Province is restricting travel for the purpose of staying in temporary accommodation in several communities in the Okanagan.

The Province is preparing for extreme fire behaviour due to potential dry lightning and strong winds.

People throughout British Columbia are encouraged to be prepared for heat as many regions of the province will experience high temperatures beginning Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.

To ensure the safety of people in the event of an evacuation and the delivery of culturally safe supports for evacuees, the Province is partnering with Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc to establish evacuee accommodations for up to 300 people.

A four-week, localized state of emergency due to wildfires in the unincorporated Stikine region in northwestern British Columbia has ended.

Despite scattered showers throughout much of the province on Monday, July 24, 2023, people are urged to be prepared and continue to follow all regional fire prohibitions and local water restrictions due to extreme wildfire risks and the ongoing drought.

Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, has released the following statement regarding assistance provided by the Canadian Armed Forces for this year’s wildfire season: