Incident authority
BC Wildfire Service
Official incident markers come from the BC Wildfire Service feed. Marker locations are informational and do not replace official emergency notices or local emergency instructions.
Season-to-date · BC
British Columbia Wildfire Activity — 2026
What FireRadar recorded from BC Wildfire Service during 2026. The page shows daily history, reported-size changes, status changes, perimeter revisions and FireRadar's coverage dates separately.
Original sources
Where this history comes from
FireRadar archive
Jul 20, 2026 → Oct 2, 2026
Only observations within these dates are counted. FireRadar uses saved incident records to fill some early daily gaps; Natural Resources Canada records and satellite hotspots remain excluded.
Kept separate
CWFIS records · NASA FIRMS hotspots
Natural Resources Canada records and satellite detections are not added to provincial wildfire history.
Current active official fires
76
Oct 2, 2026
Peak observed active fires
184
Aug 24, 2026
Unique fires recorded
1,464
75 days recorded
First observed during coverage
824
Fires first seen by FireRadar during the dates shown
Interactive daily timeline
FireRadar wildfire activity over time
FireRadar's daily observation history begins Aug. 8, 2026 and grows from there. Each point records official wildfire information available that day; current-day data is included immediately.
Latest
76
Oct 2, 2026
Days recorded
1
Daily points for British Columbia
Change in continuous run
Building
Continuous run starts Oct 2, 2026; a second consecutive day of data is needed.
Selected window: Sep 3, 2026 to Oct 2, 2026. Daily records for British Columbia currently begin Oct 2, 2026.
| Date | Active official fires |
|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 76 |
Reported active hectares sums usable sizes for currently active official records. It is not cumulative annual area burned and should not be used as a substitute for an official burned-area statistic.
Incident change history
What changed during FireRadar's observed window
Status transitions
1,976
Reported-size changes
1,050
Official perimeter revisions
9,072
Largest per-fire max reported size
166,132 ha
Median per-fire max reported size
0 ha
Per-fire maximum source-reported incident size observed by FireRadar; not cumulative hectares burned.
Source classifications
Latest reported cause for each fire
Lightning902
Person510
Unknown41
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