Bush Creek East Wildfire (2023)
BC Wildfire Service reports Bush Creek East (K21633) at 45,613 hectares, discovered July 12, 2023 and naturally caused. The Lower East Adams Lake fire later merged with Bush Creek East within the Adams Complex.
Historical significance
Bush Creek East was among the major southern Interior incidents during the extreme August 2023 fire-weather period. FireRadar uses the Province's incident and complex terminology rather than combining separate records.
Official source
BC Wildfire Service — Wildfire Season Summary. Province-published annual season summaries and Wildfires of Note tables with source-reported fire identifiers, area, discovery dates and cause fields where supplied.
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This is not a live incident page, a complete reconstruction of every operational update, a current evacuation or restriction source, or proof of a fire's exact perimeter at a particular moment. Current decisions should use current official sources.
Current wildfire maps for related communities
These links show today's FireRadar context near communities connected to the historical event. They do not recreate 2023 conditions.