Image: X, Jenn Brown / The Placer Creek fire east of Manning Park has grown significantly after being first discovered on Saturday, July 12.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Fire east of Manning Park

Wildfire east of Manning Park spreads to over 700 hectares

Jul 14, 2025 | 9:43 AM

EASTGATE, B.C. – A wildfire that ignited over the weekend east of E.C. Manning Provincial Park has expanded significantly in just a matter of days.

According to BC Wildfire Service’s online dashboard, the Placer Creek fire east of Manning Park has swelled in size from 40 hectares on Saturday to 725 hectares as of Monday morning, July 14. It was first discovered on Saturday.

“Sunday evening firefighting personnel, heavy equipment and aerial resources are actioning this wildfire,” B.C. Wildfire Service wrote on its website.

The fire exhibited Rank 2-3 behaviour, and was characterized by low vigour surface fire with a slow to moderate rate of spread.

Image: BC Wildfire Service / The location of the Placer Creek fire.

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By Sunday evening, BCWS crews reported elevated fire behaviour with Rank 5 in some areas, meaning it grew to become an extremely vigorous surface fire.

Smoke is highly visible from surrounding areas and to motorists travelling along Highway 3.

BCWS says it has deployed 23 firefighting personnel to this wildfire, along with one helicopter, and heavy equipment.