{"id":820196,"date":"2026-07-23T05:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820196\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:25:15","slug":"wildfires-close-several-b-c-highways-as-smoke-and-heat-blanket-vancouver-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820196\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires close several B.C. highways as smoke and heat blanket Vancouver | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several out-of-control wildfires in B.C.\u2019s Fraser Canyon and Manning Park region have forced the closures of sections of major highways, with no timeline for reopening.<\/p>\n

The Anderson Creek wildfire<\/a>, discovered on Tuesday, July 21 and currently listed at 4,333 hectares in size by the BC Wildfire Service, is the third blaze in the region of Boston Bar.<\/p>\n

It joins the Brunswick Creek wildfire<\/a>, listed as 6,140 hectares, and the Ainslie Creek wildfire<\/a>, which has grown to over 18,000 hectares.<\/p>\n

According to the Fraser Valley Regional District, people in the evacuation order area are at risk<\/a> and must immediately leave.<\/p>\n

Those in the alert areas are not required to leave at this time but must be ready to do so at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n

A State of Local Emergency has also been declared in some areas impacted by the wildfires.<\/p>\n

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BC Wildfire Service<\/p>\n

Evacuation orders are currently in place in the following areas:<\/p>\n

Hells Gate
\nScuzzy Creek FSR and South of Boston Bar
\nBoston Bar
\nNahatlatch-North Boothroyd
\nNorth Bend-Canyon Alpine Area
\nFishblue Lake Area<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Brunswick Complex is made up of the Brunswick Creek, Ainslie Creek, and Anderson Creek wildfires,\u201d said the BC Wildfire Service in an update dated July 22. \u201cFire behaviour increased significantly across the region yesterday, including notable increases along this fire\u2019s northeast and south flanks.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven light winds can increase fire activity and change fire behaviour rapidly, particularly in unburnt areas within the perimeter and where challenging terrain has limited suppression options. Smoky, hazy skies will persist over the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highway 1 is currently closed in both directions<\/a> for 45.2 km between Spuzzum Creek Road and Jackass Summit.<\/p>\n

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BC Wildfire Service<\/p>\n

Another blaze impacting B.C. residents and travellers is the Norwegian Creek wildfire, listed at a size of 900 hectares and \u201cout of control.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Highway 3 corridor through Manning Park and hydro lines remain intact,\u201d explained BC Wildfire Service. \u201cHowever, smoke from V10942 has resulted in a highway closure for public safety<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drivers are asked to use Highway 5 as an alternate route.<\/p>\n

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BC Wildfire Service<\/p>\n

According to the BC Wildfire Dashboard<\/a>, there are 85 active wildfires in the province, with 14 started in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Wildfire smoke has also blown into Metro Vancouver, prompting an air quality advisory<\/a> to be issued.<\/p>\n

According to IQAir, which ranks air quality in major cities around the world, Vancouver is creeping up the leaderboard for the worst air quality.<\/p>\n

IQAir updates its readings hourly, but as of 9 a.m., Vancouver was ranked 22nd for worst air quality with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 76. Vancouver has the worst air quality in the country among Canadian cities that IQAir ranks.<\/p>\n

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BC Wildfire Service<\/p>\n

Just before noon on Wednesday, July 22, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)\u00a0issued a yellow heat warning<\/a>, stating that \u201ctemperatures are high and there is a risk to public health for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA ridge of high pressure is bringing elevated temperatures to the region. Daytime highs are expected to be in the low to mid 30s with overnight lows in the mid to high teens,\u201d said the ECCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several out-of-control wildfires in B.C.\u2019s Fraser Canyon and Manning Park region have forced the closures of sections of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-820196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}