2021 British Columbia wildfires

The 2021 British Columbia wildfires burned across the Canadian province of British Columbia. The severity of the 2021 wildfire season has been attributed to the combination of extreme heat, lower than normal rainfall, and "repeated severe thunderstorms and lightning events" by the BC Wildfire Service, all of which were exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
As of August 16, over 1,500 fires had been recorded according to the BC Wildfire Service. The Sparks Lake Fire was the largest fire burning in the province, having burned an estimated 95,980 hectares of the Bonaparte Plateau northwest of the city of Kamloops.

Development

A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires.
On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over and sent people fleeing for their lives.
By July 1, 2021, almost 500 wildfires were burning across British Columbia. On July 20 the B.C. government declared a state of emergency.

Wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than, or produced significant structural damage or casualties. More up to date information is available using this interactive map;

Name	Regional district	Hectares	Start date	Containment status	Notes
George Road Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Being held	Human-caused
Beatton River Fire	Peace River			Under control	Lightning-caused
Buckinghorse Fire	Peace River			Under control	Lightning-caused
Sparks Lake Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control	Largest wildfire by area burned
McKay Creek Fire	Squamish-Lillooet			Under control	Suspected human-caused
Minaker Fire	Peace River			Under control	Lightning-caused
Klawli Lake Fire	Bulkley-Nechako			Under control	Lightning-caused
Lytton Creek Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control	Destroyed the village of Lytton; two confirmed casualties
Mckinley Lake Fire	Cariboo			Being held	Lightning-caused
South of Canim Lake Fire	Cariboo			Under control	Lightning-caused
SW of Deka Lake Fire	Cariboo			Under control	Lightning-caused
Young Lake Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control	Lightning-caused
Chilako Fire	Bulkley-Nechako			Under control	Lightning-caused
Mount Porter Fire	Bulkley-Nechako			Being held	Lightning-caused
Succour Lake Fire	Cariboo			Being held	Lightning-caused
Tentfire Creek Fire	Peace River			Being held	Lightning-caused
Big Stick Lake Fire	Cariboo			Under control
Black Pine Fire	Peace River			Under control	Lightning-caused
Churn Creek Protected Area Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Being held	Lightning-caused
Cultus Creek Fire	Central Kootenay			Being held	Lightning-caused
Cutoff Creek Fire	Bulkley-Nechako			Being held	Lightning-caused
Hotnarko Creek Fire	Central Coast			Being held	Lightning-caused
Forres Mountain Fire	Peace River			Under control	Lightning-caused
Purdy Lake Fire	Cariboo			Under control	Lightning-caused
Bunting Road Fire	North Okanagan			Being held
Chief Louie Lake Fire	Bulkley-Nechako			Being held	Lightning-caused
Momich Lake Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control
Flat Lake Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control	Lightning-caused
Akokli Creek Fire	Central Kootenay			Being held	Lightning-caused
Embleton Mountain Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control
Hunakwa Lake Fire	Columbia-Shuswap			Being held	Lightning-caused
Mowhokam Creek Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Being held	Lightning-caused
Trozzo Creek Fire	Central Kootenay			Under control	Lightning-caused
Bill Nye Mountain Fire	East Kootenay			Being held	Lightning-caused
Crazy Creek Gorge FSR Fire	Columbia-Shuswap			Being held	Lightning-caused
Grizzly Lake Fire	Bulkley-Nechako			Under control	Lightning-caused
Michaud Creek Fire	Central Kootenay			Being held	Lightning-caused
Thomas Creek Fire	Okanagan-Similkameen			Being held
Three Valley Lake Fire	Columbia-Shuswap			Under control
Tremont Creek Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control
Chasm Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Under control	Lightning-caused
July Mountain Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Being held	Lightning-caused; merged with Brook Creek Fire
White Rock Lake Fire	Thompson-Nicola			Being held	Lightning-caused. Destroyed the village of Monte Lake; part of the city of Kamloops placed under evacuation order, firefighter injured after falling several meters.
Brenda Creek Fire	Central Okanagan			Under control
Octopus Creek Fire	Central Kootenay			Being held	Lightning-caused
Nk'Mip Creek Fire	Okanagan-Similkameen			Being held
Two Mile Road Fire	Columbia-Shuswap			Being held
Garrison Lake Fire	Okanagan-Similkameen			Being held
Pine River Fire	Peace River			Being held
Mt Law Fire	Okanagan-Similkameen			Under control	Suspected human-caused. Parts of West Kelowna evacuated.