Jul 20 2026 UPDATE
Evacuations & public safety
Evacuation alerts inside Pemberton village have been rescinded, as the immediate threat has subsided.
Evacuation order remains in place for One Mile Lake Park, south of the village, to maintain safe working space for crews.
Highway 99 is open, but no stopping is permitted in the wildfire zone.
Human error lit the match | Human behaviour keeps fanning the flames
The Brunswick Complex didn’t need help burning the Fraser Canyon, but it keeps getting it anyway. What began as a human‑caused ignition has turned into a week-long demonstration of how people can make a bad fire worse — drones grounding aircraft, drivers stopping on Highway 1 to film the flames, and speeders blowing past crews who are trying to keep the corridor open. The canyon finally got a brief weather reprieve, but the public squandered half of it.
