Forecast smoke · ECCC FireWork
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Thompson-Nicola wildfire map & smoke conditions
View official wildfire activity, smoke forecast, and air-quality context across Kamloops, the Nicola Valley, and the North and South Thompson corridors.
Use the regional view to understand official incident geography across multiple communities, then compare forecast smoke and measured AQHI before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
Current official data
Current wildfires in Thompson-Nicola
Latest source update: Oct 1, 2026, 9:06 a.m. PDT
Active official fires
6
British Columbia wildfire records within the FireRadar region.
Out of control
0
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
250,798 ha
6 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
165,909 ha
Pear Lake
This region uses an approximate FireRadar boundary and wildfire locations published by the source. It is not an emergency boundary, predicted spread area or municipal boundary.
Smoke forecast for Thompson-Nicola
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork
Checking the latest official ECCC FireWork forecast status. Model issuance, forecast coverage and source status will appear when confirmed. Missing forecast data does not mean the air is clear.
Coverage: This is a regional forecast, not a local measurement. Smoke conditions can vary across Thompson-Nicola.
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Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork.
AQHI observation
Latest AQHI near Thompson-Nicola
Checking the latest official ECCC AQHI observation. The value, reporting location and observation time will appear when confirmed. Missing data does not mean the air is clean or the health risk is low.
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The dashed outline is FireRadar's curated regional counting extent. Incident points, smoke forecasts, and AQHI observations are separate datasets and should not be interpreted as evacuation boundaries or fire-spread predictions. FireRadar regional extents may overlap near transition areas. Regional totals are useful local summaries and must not be added together to produce a province total.
Measured air quality · AQHI
Nearest current AQHI observations
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Stations can be far from rural or remote parts of a region. The nearest observation may not represent conditions everywhere inside the regional boundary.
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Wildfire context across Thompson-Nicola
The Thompson-Nicola spans dry grasslands, forested plateaus, ranch land, river valleys, resource areas, and major highway corridors around Kamloops and Merritt. Wildfires can influence transportation, rural properties, recreation, regional services, and smoke across large distances, making the regional scale more useful than treating each community as an isolated map.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Thompson-Nicola
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Thompson-Nicola
Examples from the completed 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-02 comparison. See the provincial report for the full list.
No changes are shown here. See the provincial report for the complete list.
Forecast layer
Thompson-Nicola smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Thompson-Nicola. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
Measured conditions
Air quality and AQHI
AQHI and observed PM2.5 provide measured air-quality context and remain distinct from FireWork forecast smoke. Station coverage varies across a region, especially in rural and remote areas.
British Columbia air quality map →Local wildfire maps
Communities in the Thompson-Nicola regional cluster
Kamloops wildfire map
Check current official wildfires and nearby satellite hotspots around Kamloops and the Thompson region.
Merritt wildfire map
Track current official wildfires and smoke context around Merritt and the Nicola Valley.
Clearwater wildfire map
Track official wildfires, smoke forecast, and air-quality context around Clearwater and the North Thompson Valley.
Barriere wildfire map
Track official wildfires, smoke forecast, and air-quality context around Barriere and the North Thompson Valley.
Cache Creek wildfire map
Track British Columbia wildfire and smoke conditions around Cache Creek and the Thompson-Cariboo corridor.
Ashcroft wildfire map
View official wildfires, smoke forecast, and air-quality context around Ashcroft and the Thompson Valley.
Logan Lake wildfire map
View official wildfire activity, smoke forecast, and air-quality context around Logan Lake and the Thompson-Nicola region.
Lillooet wildfire map
Track official wildfire activity and smoke around Lillooet and the Fraser Canyon interior.
Official source and emergency information
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.
FireRadar does not issue evacuation orders, emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
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