Firefighters on Vancouver Island say overnight rain has helped calm an out-of-control wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.

The Mount Underwood blaze was “mainly a smouldering ground fire” on Friday thanks to the rain that fell overnight.

Visibility for BC Wildfire Crews is an issue on Friday due to the fog and the weather, which will limit the ability to fight ...

Recent rainfall has helped slow the growth of the Mount Underwood wildfire near Port Alberni, though the fire has moved closer to the community since it first started.

Firefighting crews are expecting rain to fall over the Mount Underwood wildfire on Thursday, which will bring some relief but ...

Up to 40 mm of rain is forecast to fall on the blaze near Port Alberni, which grew to more than 3,400 hectares on Thursday.

More than 500 properties in the Bamfield and Anacla areas have been without power since Monday evening. Officials says it is ...

More than 500 B.C. Hydro customers remain without power on Wednesday, as "unprecedented" dry conditions, strong winds, hot ...

The wildfire has led to the evacuation of the China Creek Campground and Marina, located about 15 kilometres southwest of ...

A wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C., is rapidly growing out of control and has more than doubled in size in less than a day.

As the Mount Underwood wildfire rages south of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, residents and other communities bathed in ...

The Mount Underwood wildfire, south of Port Alberni, has grown to more than 21 square kilometres. As Claire Palmer reports, ...