Year
|
Location
|
Homes & Buildings Destroyed
|
Evacuation
Alerts/Orders
Number Residents
|
Cause of Fire
|
| 1868 |
Barkerville Fire
(East of Quesnel) |
Homes Destroyed: 116 |
|
HUMAN |
| 1886 |
Vancouver
Fire |
Homes & Buildings
Destroyed: 398
(2 of the original 400 were left standing) |
|
HUMAN
(A clearing fire, blazed out of control)
|
| 1994 |
Garnet
Fire
(Near Penticton) |
Homes & Buildings
Destroyed: 18 |
Order:
3,500 |
Undetermined |
| 1998 |
Tulameen Fire
(Near Princeton) |
|
Alert: 650 |
|
| 1998 |
Telegraph Creek Fire |
|
Volunteer Evacuation: Many
Residents |
Undetermined |
| 1998 |
Salmon Arm Fire |
Buildings Destroyed: 40 |
Order: 7000
Alert: 15,000 |
Undetermined |
| 2001 |
Friday Creek Fire (Near Penticton) |
Many Homes At Risk |
|
|
| 2001 |
Moscow Creek Fire (Near Penticton) |
Many Homes At Risk |
|
|
| 2001 |
White Swan Fire (Near Fairmont Hot
Springs) |
Many Homes At Risk |
|
|
| 2002 |
Seton Lake Fire
(Near Lillooet) |
At least 50 Homes at Risk |
Alert: Issued for the East end of
Seton Lake
|
|
| 2003 |
McGillivary Fire
(Near Chase)
|
Homes & Cabins Destroyed:
20 Niskonlith Lake
|
Order: >50
At Risk: Sun Peaks, Town of Pritchard, Chase,
Celista, Adams Lake Mill, and various groups of cabins and residents. |
LIGHTNING |
| 2003 |
McLure / Barriere Fire (Near
Kamloops)
|
Homes Destroyed: 72
Businesses Destroyed: 9 |
Order: 3,800 Residences (880
evacuated for a second time) |
HUMAN |
| 2003 |
Strawberry Hill Fire (Kamloops) |
|
Live Stock Evacuated |
HUMAN |
| 2003 |
Okanagan Mountain Park Fire |
Homes Destroyed or Damaged: 238 |
Order: 33,050 Residence (4,050
evacuated for a second time) |
LIGHTNING |
| 2003 |
Osoyoos, Chap & Anarchist Mountain
Fire |
Many homes at risk |
Order: 50 Homes |
HUMAN
(Faulty RV Vehicle Brakes) |
| 2003 |
Vaseux Lake Fire |
Many Homes and Businesses at Risk |
Evacuation performed by RCMP |
|
| 2003 |
Chilko Lake Fire
(Near Williams Lake) |
Homes & Buildings at Risk: 100’s |
Order: Ranches, Lodges & First
Nations
|
HUMAN (Unattended campfire) |
| 2004 |
Kluskus
(Near Quesnell) |
|
Order: 14 Residences |
LIGHTNING |
| 2006 |
Tuktakamin Mountain Fire (Near
Falkland) |
Homes At Risk: 5 |
Alert: 10 Residences |
LIGHTNING |
| 2006 |
Tumbler Ridge |
|
Order: 3,500 |
LIGHTNING |
| 2006 |
Nazko
(Near Quesnell) |
|
Volunteer Evacuation: 160 First
Nation Residence |
Undetermined |
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