State of Emergency Declared in Squamish, BC as Wildfire Risks Mount

An aerial crew works on the Dryden Creek fire, an out-of-control wildfire, just north of Squamish, B.C, on June 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

The district of Squamish in southern British Columbia has declared a state of local emergency in response to an active wildfire burning out of control near the community of 24,000.

The blaze, located some 45 kilometres north of Vancouver, has grown to 14.4 hectares, prompting a June 10 evacuation alert for residents in the Brackendale and Tantalus Road regions east of Highway 99.