100 MILE HOUSE – The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting the 100 Mile House Natural Resource District in conducting a series of five wildfire rehabilitation projects in the 100 Mile House wildfire zone.

When and where

• Work on this project may start as early as Wednesday, November 5, 2025, continuing to the end of December 2025.
• The project includes burning multiple piles in five treatment areas from previous wildfires throughout the zone.
  • Approximately 100 piles northwest of the Pendleton Lakes in the area of the 2024 wildfire C41350.
  • Approximately 85 piles in the area of the 2023 wildfire C40384.
  • Approximately two piles south of Canim Lake in the area of the 2021 wildfire C41100.
  • Approximately two piles southwest of Green Lake in the area of the 2024 wildfire C41438.
  • Approximately one pile west of Flat Lake Park in the area of the 2021 wildfire C41602.

What to expect

• Crews will ignite piles using hand torches under favourable conditions and will closely monitor all fire activity.
• Burning may occur over multiple days, as weather and site conditions allow.
• Personnel will remain on-site each day to ensure fires are controlled and will only leave once the fires have safely burned down and no longer pose a risk of spreading.
• Fires will continue to be monitored and extinguished once burning is complete.
• Smoke and flames may be visible to surrounding communities.

Objectives of this Wildfire Rehabilitation project

• Remove the accumulation of hazardous fuels due to previous wildfire activity in the area.
• Support ongoing wildfire rehabilitation and post wildfire hazard abatement projects.

Learn more

Fire is a natural process in many of B.C.’s ecosystems. The BC Wildfire Service works regularly with land managers to undertake fuel management activities, including the use of prescribed burns and wildfire risk reduction projects, to help reduce the severity of future wildfires and related threats to communities.

As we get further into the cooler weather, you may see smoke in your area from open burning activities. Open burning can be expected to be seen from the fall through to the spring as the wildfire risk is lower. Overnight recoveries and relative humidities are higher and therefore, not conducive to fires burning or at high risk of spreading throughout this time of year.

The interactive Open Fire Tracking System (OFTS) Registered Burns and Prescribed Fire Map allows anyone to see the locations of all active registered burn projects, as well as any that expired in the last seven days across B.C. Access the Open Fire Tracking System map here: OFTS Registered Burns and Prescribed Fire Map.

Contact

Julie Kline
Wildfire Rehabilitation Coordinator
100 Mile House Natural Resource District
778-444-7955
Julie.Kline@gov.bc.ca

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