{"id":1786130,"date":"2018-08-11T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T18:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786130"},"modified":"2018-08-11T14:51:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T18:51:44","slug":"mapping-the-british-columbia-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/mapping-the-british-columbia-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the British Columbia Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Columbia isn’t having a very good year either, forest fire wise. For maps of the wildfires burning in the province, see the B.C. Wildfire Service’s interactive map<\/a>, which shows active wildfires, fire perimeters, and evacuation areas. Evacuation maps are frequently tweeted by Emergency Info BC<\/a>. Data journalist Tara Carman has posted maps of wildfires<\/a> and evacuation zones<\/a>, but they haven’t been updated in a couple of weeks and are now out of date, I fear.<\/p>\n

Previously: Mapping the Northern California Wildfires<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British Columbia isn’t having a very good year either, forest fire wise. For maps of the wildfires burning in the province, see the B.C. Wildfire Service’s interactive map, which shows active wildfires, fire perimeters, and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[436,131,487],"class_list":["post-1786130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-wildfires","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5284,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/california-wildfires-mapping-sonoma-county\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786130,"position":0},"title":"California Wildfires: Mapping Sonoma County","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 October 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Sonoma County's wildfire information page points to a number of useful maps: fire perimeter boundary maps, current evacuation areas, road closures, rapid evaluation safety assessment (RESA) maps. 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