# List of fires in British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost province in Canada, and is prone to fires. Fires are extremely common during summer, and 2017 had the worst fire season on record.

## Inclusion criteria and organization

Only fires with at least 10,000 hectares burned are allowed, unless deaths involved. The fires are organized by date. If there are multiple fires on a certain date, the larger fire goes on top.

## 1908

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
| Fernie fire | 64,000 | | 22 deaths, town of Fernie completely destroyed. | |

## 1938

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
| Bloedel fire | 75,000 | Sayward | July 5 1938 | 0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of Sayward. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the Chelaslie River fire in 2014. | |

## 2003

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre |
| Midwinter Lake fire | 32,000 | Prince George |
| Chilko Lake/Chilko River fire | 29,202 | Cariboo |
| McLure fire | 26,420 | Kamloops |
| Okanagan Mountain Park fire | 25,600 | Kelowna |
| Lamb Creek fire | 11,882 | Southeast |
| McGillvray fire | 10,979 | Kamloops |

## 2004

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Comments |
| Coal River fire | 32,000 | Prince George | |
| Swan Lake fire | 29,962 | Northwest | |
| Lonesome Lake fire | 22,745 | Cariboo | Historic "Crusoe of Lonesome Lake" homestead lost. |
| McBride River fire | 14,000 | Northwest | |
| Kotcho Lake fire | 13,325 | Prince George | |
| Kenney fire | 10,300 | Prince George | |

## 2005

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
| 15 km East of Tatuk Lake fire | 12,371 | Prince George | | | |

## 2006

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre |
| Mt Hamelin fire | 12,051 | Prince George |
| Narcosli Ecological Reserve fire | 11,500 | Cariboo |
| Tezla Lake fire | 10,961 | Cariboo |
| Dall Lake fire | 10,600 | Prince George |

## 2009

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre |
| Lava Canyon fire | 66,719 | Cariboo |
| Junction of Smith and Liard Rivers fire | 23,182 | Prince George |
| Kelly Creek fire | 20,925 | Cariboo |

## 2010

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre |
| NW of Meldrum Creek Complex | 47,293 | Cariboo |
| Binta Lake fire | 40,000 | Northwest |
| Pelican Lake Complex | 35,506 | Cariboo |
| Old Faddy fire | 35,284 | Northwest |
| Bull Canyon Complex | 35,000 | Cariboo |
| Sheslay River fire | 28,000 | Northwest |
| NW of Tsacha Lake fire | 13,087 | Prince George |

## 2011

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
| Blue River fire | 11,000 | Northwest | | | |

## 2012

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
| White Spruce Creek fire | 24,852 | Prince George | | | |
| Suhm Creek fire | 12,196 | Prince George | | | |

## 2014

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre |
| Chelaslie River fire | 133,098 | Northwest |
| Tenakihi-Mesilinka Complex fire | 64,576 | Prince George |
| Forres Mountain fire | 29,672 | Prince George |
| Red Deer Creek fire | 33,547 | Prince George |
| Mount McAllister fire | 26,273 | Prince George |
| Euchiniko Lakes fire | 21,518 | Prince George |

## 2015

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Link |
| Little Bobtail Lake fire | 25,569 | Prince George | May 8 | |
| Elaho fire | 12,523 | Coastal | | |

## 2016

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Link |
| Beatton Airport Road fire | 15,739 | April 18 | |
| Siphon Creek Road / Doig Reserve fire | 62,700 | April 18 | |

## 2017

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered |
| Elephant Hill fire | 191,865 | July 6 |
| The Plateau fire | 545,151 | July 7 |
| Hanceville Riske Creek fire | 241,160 | July 7 |
| Kleena Kleene | 25,558 | July 7 |
| White Lake fire | 13,211 | July 7 |
| Wildwood fire | 12,723 | July 7 |
| Kluskoil Lake 1 fire | 21,870 | July 10 |
| Gustafsen Lake fire | 5,700 | July 6 |

## 2018

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered |
| Tommy Lakes fire | 21,795 | May 22 |
| Snowy Mountain fire | 17,068 | July 17 |
| Shovel Lake fire | 92,255 | July 27 |
| Chutanli Lake fire | 20,412 | July 30 |
| North of Tezzeron Lake fire | 10,602 | July 30 |
| Nadina Lake fire | 86,766 | July 31 |
| Verdun Mountain fire | 34,586 | July 31 |
| Alkali Lake fire | 118,318 | August 1 |
| Shag Creek fire | 12,322 | August 1 |
| Island Lake fire | 20,468 | August 1 |
| North Baezaeko fire | 11,508 | August 1 |
| Lutz Creek fire | 76,100 | August 4 |
| W Babine River fire | 10,800 | August 5 |
| Hugh Allen Creek fire | 10,000 | August 6 |
| Tweedsmuir Complex | 301,549 | August 8 |
| Cool Creek fire | 13,626 | August 15 |

## 2022

| Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered |
| R90436 (Unnamed) | 12,330 | July 2 |
| Heather Lake fire | 14,970 | August 21 |
| Battleship Mountain fire | 31,755 | August 30 |