Bulk of wildfire activity has been in northeastern B.C. this year. British Columbia’s wildfire season is now the fourth-worst on record in terms of hectares burned. According to BC Wildfire Service, 1,072 wildfires have started since April 1, with 878,941 hectares burned. In 2023, wildfires destroyed 2,842,275 hectares across the province. The 2018 fire season destroyed 1,354,284 hectares while the 2017 season saw 1,216,053 hectares burned. Fire damage in British Columbia came to 869,300 hectares in 2021. …Of the wildfires in British Columbia this year, 66 per cent have been caused by lightning and 30 per cent have been human-caused. The remaining four per cent is undetermined.