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'Explosive' wildfire growth near Port Alberni, B.C., unusual for Vancouver Island: wildfire service

Low on power or data? Use CBC Lite for the latest wildfire news.Rain is expected to fall on an out-of-control wildfire on ...
The Abbotsford News6h

Vancouver Island's Mount Underwood fire expected to grow

BC Wildfire Service has an incident management team taking on command of both the Wesley Ridge and Mount Underwood fires ...

Vancouver Island wildfire continues to grow out of control.

Wednesday morning, and is burning more than 10 kilometres south of Port Alberni, B.C., a small city home to about 19,000 ...

'Massive' wildfire south of Port Alberni, B.C., doubles in size in less than a day

Low on power or data? Use CBC Lite for the latest wildfire news.A wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C., is rapidly growing out of ...
The Canadian Press on MSN8h

Wildfire raging near Port Alberni grows again overnight

PORT ALBERNI — A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni has grown again overnight to more than 20 ...
The Abbotsford News14h

Update: Mount Underwood wildfire on Vancouver Island grows to 2,156 hectares

The Mount Underwood wildfire has grown to an estimated 2,036 hectares. It started the morning at 1,618 hectares, up from ...
The Canadian Press on MSN9h

Wildfire near B.C.’s Port Alberni displaying ‘unusual’ activity

Strong winds and severe drought have worsened wildfire conditions and contributed to the vigorousness of the fire ...

Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., shows vigorous, ’unusual’ behaviour

A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations on south-central Vancouver Island has been burning at some of most severe ...

Wildfire near Port Alberni exhibiting ‘extreme fire behaviour’ say officials

The City of Port Alberni, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District and the Tseshaht First Nation have all issued local states of emergency due to the growing blaze.
Brandon Sun2h

Hundreds can go home as Vancouver Island fire ‘held,’ 37 properties still evacuated

Hundreds of residents who were forced out by a wildfire burning along Cameron Lake on Vancouver Island have been allowed to return home Monday. The Regional District of Nanaimo posted an update ...

New wildfire southwest of Port Alberni grows to 1,447 hectares; smoke advisory issued

The Mount Underwood fire, which was discovered on Monday, has forced the closing of the road between Port Alberni and ...

The Vancouver Island community of Bamfield is being impacted by a wildfire 40 kilometres away

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