Overview
- The Anderson Creek fire, discovered Tuesday south of Boston Bar, exploded overnight to about 43.3 square kilometres and prompted an urgent evacuation order for any remaining residents.
- Sections of Highway 1 and Highway 3 have been closed because fires and heavy smoke have cut key routes between the Lower Mainland and the Interior.
- The Brunswick Complex (Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek) spans roughly 218 square kilometres and steep terrain with extreme crown fire behaviour has made direct ground attack unsafe.
- Crews are expanding aerial response and using new tactics — including drone-lit controlled burns and helicopters for large water delivery — as the province manages roughly 80–90 active wildfires and recent lightning storms caused a surge of starts.
- Evacuee reception centres are open in Kamloops, thousands are on evacuation alert, and officials warn low streamflows and hot, dry conditions will strain firefighting water supplies and harm local ecosystems.