Fire

Wildfire smoke blanketed southern B.C. on Friday, prompting widespread air quality warnings.

About 200 firefighters from Mexico arrived in B.C. on Thursday to help battle destructive wildfires across the province.

A helicopter pilot suffered minor injuries after the aircraft went down in a lake while battling wildfires in British Columbia's Cariboo region.

About 8,000 people are under evacuation orders in British Columbia as wildfires continue to threaten communities in the southern Interior and Cariboo regions, provincial officials said Tuesday.

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.