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BC wildfire R50101 · 2015 · 1,159 ha
Wildfire R50101, 2015
Wildfire R50101 started on June 27, 2015, caused by lightning. It was declared out on October 5, 2015. Its mapped perimeter covers 1,159 ha: the 36th-largest of 2015's 38 large fires, and the 701st-largest in BC since 1990. It burned outside the places with a page here. The nearest municipality, Kitimat, is roughly 134 km away; the fire covered a small fraction of the land area of it.
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Where it burned
This fireOther large fires since 1990
Outline simplified by us from the BC Wildfire Service's perimeter; not for locating a lot. Check a lot with the search above.
Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.
Places it reached
This fire burned outside the municipalities and electoral areas with a page here (a reserve, a park or open water).
Burned before or since
No other fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990 overlaps this one by 50 ha or more.
The record
| Fire number | R50101 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2015 |
| Started | June 27, 2015 |
| Declared out | October 5, 2015 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 1,159 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | Kapella River |
Past fire is history, not a forecast. The chance of fire on a lot today depends on what the record doesn't show: the forest and grass around it, the slope, what has been thinned or burned since, and how far it is from a fire hall.
Before you buy or build, ask the local government or fire department about the fire protection area, FireSmart work and the distance to a fire hall, and ask your insurer what they need.
Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 2, 2026. Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.
Larger in 2015: Cherry Lake wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire G80163. Every large fire of 2015 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?