Wildfires in Central Kootenay

British Columbia

🔴 13 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

Very low

tomorrow: Low · rising ↑

Fires in 2026

87 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

4721 ha

from CWFIS records

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 23· PM2.5 6.6 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at province level (cell-48:-118) — not per division. British Columbia alone is larger than France, so treat those two as a regional signal. Fire counts and areas below are per division, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Active fires now

2026-N72273 Resolving › 2026-N72245 Active › 2026-N72142 Resolving › 2026-N42050 Resolving › 2026-N52047 Resolving › 2026-N71947 Resolving › 2026-N51938 Resolving· 65.0 ha › 2026-N71932 Resolving › 2026-N71254 Resolving· 1164 ha › 2026-N71253 Resolving· 545 ha › 2026-N71251 Resolving › 2026-N51198 Resolving· 1102 ha › 2026-N41081 Resolving· 197 ha ›

Fire history

2026-N72273 · Wildfire 22/09/2026 › 2026-N72245 · Wildfire 18/09/2026 › 2026-N72200 · Wildfire 08/09/2026· 26 h › 2026-N52149 · Wildfire 01/09/2026· 59 h › 2026-N52143 · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 200 h › 2026-N72142 · Wildfire 31/08/2026 › 2026-N72139 · Wildfire 30/08/2026· 32 h › 2026-N52135 · Wildfire 30/08/2026· 63 h › 2026-N72133 · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 50 h › 2026-N72124 · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 63 h › 2026-N72122 · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 18 h › 2026-N72119 · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 38 h › 2026-N52117 · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 207 h › 2026-N52116 · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 137 h › 2026-N52108 · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 147 h › 2026-N52096 · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 157 h › 2026-N52092 · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 90 h › 2026-N52085 · Wildfire 27/08/2026· 171 h › 2026-N52083 · Wildfire 27/08/2026· 244 h › 2026-N52080 · Wildfire 27/08/2026· 435 h ›

Incident records from the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS). Division boundaries from Statistics Canada (2021 census divisions); a fire is placed in a division by its coordinates, since CWFIS reports only the province. Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your provincial wildfire agency. In an emergency call 911.