BC Government News Release: State of Emergency Ends, Fire Response Continues

Details from the BC Government news release: 

Based on advice from emergency management and wildfire officials, British Columbia’s provincial state of emergency will expire at the end of the day on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.

The work of firefighters from B.C., Canada and abroad, as well as wildfire risk diminishing in much of the Province as temperatures cool, has led to many British Columbians returning home. As of Thursday, Sept. 14, about 370 people are on evacuation order and more than 18,000 are on evacuation alert. These numbers are a substantial improvement over the last several weeks.

The Wildfire Act provides the Province with all the legislative tools needed to ensure the co-ordination of provincial and international resources, and support for responding to wildfires. Six hundred out-of-province personnel are currently assisting wildfire response and B.C. continues to co-ordinate additional out-of-province resources through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

The Province will continue to take every action necessary to respond to the ongoing wildfire situation and support the recovery of affected communities. The Province is supporting fire-affected communities as they begin to focus on community-led recovery efforts.

Read the full BC Government news release, here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023EMCR0063-001463