After the fourth suspicious fire sparked near Port Alberni Wednesday night, the Cherry Creek Fire Department's chief says he wants the public to focus on proactive steps to prevent fires while ...

Port Alberni Fire Department Chief Mike Owens says it was a good thing they'd backfilled staff on Friday, after crews ...

Overnight rain helped calm an out-of-control ­wildfire near Port Alberni on Friday, but it won’t be enough to put out the blaze, which has grown to more than 3,600 hectares burned. The B.C. Wildfire ...

A small forest fire near Port Alberni was labelled under control Saturday afternoon after being discovered in the morning. The ten-by-20 metre blaze was detected about 8.5 kilometres southwest of Port ...

RCMP in Port Alberni, B.C., say they have charged a 38-year-old man with two counts of arson in relation to suspcious fires ...

BC Wildfire Service may have flip-flopped on a May 7 campfire ban in the Coastal Fire Centre, but Tseshaht First Nation in ...