Fire

UPDATED: All remaining properties south of the Okanagan Indian Band's IR 1 to north of Nahun are under evacuation order. Properties in the lower Fintry, Valley of the Sun, Ewings Landing and Killiney Beach are also under evacuation order.

Wildfire crews in B.C.'s southern Interior rescued a resident who defied an evacuation order after flames trapped him on his property.

An evacuation order has been expanded to include 70 Mile House after two out-of-control wildfires merged in British Columbia's Cariboo region.

United Way B.C. is urging British Columbians to support communities affected by this year's wildfire season by donating to its United for B.C. Wildfire Recovery Fund.

Jeff Parr, a native of Dawson Creek, B.C., has built Wildfire Ready, a free, bilingual wildfire app that compiles wildfire information from a number of official sources, and puts it into one place.

As hot, dry weather persists across southern B.C., provincial officials warned Tuesday that wildfire activity and drought conditions are expected to worsen before they improve.

The B.C. Wildfire Service said wildfire activity has increased significantly across the Southeast Fire Centre following a surge of lightning.

Lightning strikes sparked nearly 40 new wildfires across southern B.C. over the past 24 hours, the B.C. Wildfire Service said Friday.

Highway 1 remained closed Wednesday between Boston Bar and Boothroyd, B.C., as out-of-control wildfires prompted evacuation orders and threatened nearby communities.

The RCMP considers the fire suspicious and are conducting a criminal investigation.