Number of Active Wildfires in BC Drops, One Evacuation Order Lifted

A pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, forms in the sky as the Tremont Creek wildfire burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on July 16, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—The B.C. Wildfire Service says there are 258 wildfires currently burning in the province.

That’s down from 275 fires reported in its last update Friday, and down from about 300 earlier in the week.