# August 14 official wildfire emergency/road source package

- **Captured:** 2026-08-14 06:47 PDT
- **Article:** `blog/official-bc-wildfire-evacuation-road-check-august-14-2026.html`
- **Verdict:** Official-source daily check: EmergencyInfoBC listed 33 wildfire/evacuation/action links, DriveBC/Open511 showed 17 wildfire/fire/smoke road events, and BCWS latest posts still point readers to area restrictions and off-road-vehicle prohibitions.

## Official sources checked

1. DriveBC Open511 events: https://api.open511.gov.bc.ca/events?format=json&limit=500
2. EmergencyInfoBC current emergencies homepage: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/
3. EmergencyInfoBC event API: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/wp-json/wp/v2/event?per_page=20&_fields=date,modified,slug,link,title,excerpt
4. BC Wildfire Service latest news API: https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=10&_fields=date,modified,slug,link,title,excerpt

## Reader-safety caveat

This source card is a dated official-source snapshot. It is not an evacuation order, evacuation alert, fire-status map, road order or local-government instruction. Readers must use the live official pages before acting.

## Captured files

- `drivebc-open511-wildfire-events.json` — filtered DriveBC/Open511 wildfire, fire and smoke rows.
- `drivebc-wildfire-events-summary.md` — readable table of selected DriveBC rows.
- `emergencyinfobc-home-links.json` and `emergencyinfobc-home-summary.md` — visible EmergencyInfoBC wildfire/evacuation links.
- `emergencyinfobc-detail-pages.json` — latest EmergencyInfoBC event API rows.
- `bcws-latest-posts.json` — BCWS latest-news rows.
- `source-summary.json` — machine-readable summary and selected IDs.

## What was not inferred

- BCFires did not infer evacuation boundaries from road closures.
- BCFires did not assign cause or blame for any fire.
- BCFires did not copy third-party fire photos; the article uses an original BCFires SVG source card.