Kiskatinaw River fire stable after weekend rainfall, evacuation orders still in place

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 15, 2025 8:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

The B.C. Wildfire Service says the Kiskatinaw River occurrence successful the province's northeast has stabilized acknowledgment to rainfall implicit the weekend. 

B.C. Wildfire Service occurrence behaviour expert Neal McLoughlin said successful a video station connected Sunday that a low-pressure strategy had moved into the region, bringing cloudy skies and soaking rain, with 10 millimetres of rainfall connected Saturday and different 12 millimetres connected Sunday. 

McLoughlin said the alteration successful upwind has helped trim occurrence enactment for the Kiskatinaw River Wildfire, located astir 60 kilometres southeast of Dawson Creek, B.C.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says the occurrence is present measured astatine much than 266 quadrate kilometres and is considered an out-of-control wildfire of note.

McLoughlin warns that northeastern B.C. has experienced years of drought, and portion the rainfall improves firefighting conditions, the scenery is inactive receptive to fire. 

Multiple evacuation orders and alerts issued by the Peace River Regional District owed to the Kiskatinaw River wildfire remain successful effect.

WATCH | Kiskatinaw River occurrence takes retired respective structures:

There are 3 important wildfires successful B.C.'s northeast, including the Kiskatinaw River fire, Summit Lake and the Pocket Knife Creek wildfire, which is much than 1,500 quadrate kilometres big. Officials accidental it has grown importantly since merging with different occurrence connected June 8.

The Dryden Creek wildfire adjacent Squamish, B.C., was declared arsenic being held connected Saturday arsenic officials reported the rainfall helped amended occurrence conditions.

The District of Squamish said it has held dependable astatine 0.6 quadrate kilometres successful size since Friday.