# Source note — official B.C. wildfire evacuation/road check (August 13, 2026)

- **Article:** `blog/official-bc-wildfire-evacuation-road-check-august-13-2026.html`
- **Captured:** 2026-08-13 06:45 PDT
- **Evidence label:** official-source daily wildfire emergency/travel check.
- **Bottom line:** This is not a new evacuation order created by BCFires. It is a reader-facing source card pointing people to live official emergency and road pages because wildfire conditions, orders and route restrictions are changing quickly.

## Official sources captured

1. **DriveBC Open511 events** — https://api.open511.gov.bc.ca/events?format=json&limit=500
   - Matched 18 wildfire/fire/smoke-related events in the public feed.
   - Selected event IDs for the article: drivebc.ca/DBC-93773, drivebc.ca/DBC-93451, drivebc.ca/RIDE-101026, drivebc.ca/RIDE-101238, drivebc.ca/DBC-93854, drivebc.ca/DBC-93947, drivebc.ca/DBC-93766, drivebc.ca/DBC-93772, drivebc.ca/RIDE-101188, drivebc.ca/DBC-93768.
2. **EmergencyInfoBC current emergencies homepage** — https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/
   - The captured homepage showed 31 wildfire/evacuation-related links, including regional district, First Nation and BC Emergency Alert pages.
3. **BC Wildfire Service latest posts JSON** — https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=10&_fields=date,modified,slug,link,title,excerpt
   - Latest BCWS posts were reviewed to avoid claiming a newer BCWS notice that was not present in the feed.

## Editorial cautions

- DriveBC road events are **not** evacuation orders. They can support travel/public-safety wording only.
- EmergencyInfoBC and local government/FIRST Nation pages can change quickly; the article tells readers to click through to the official page before acting.
- No cause/arson/person allegation is made.
- Emergency wording included: “If life or property is at immediate risk, call 911. To report a wildfire, call 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on a cellphone.”

## Local files

- `drivebc-open511-wildfire-events.json` — full filtered Open511 capture.
- `drivebc-wildfire-events-summary.md` — readable selected rows.
- `emergencyinfobc-home-links.json` / `emergencyinfobc-home-summary.md` — visible emergency links.
- `emergencyinfobc-detail-pages.json` — excerpts from selected EmergencyInfoBC detail pages.
- `bcws-latest-posts.json` — BCWS latest news/source check.
- `source-summary.json` — machine-readable source summary.