# Source note — August 21 official wildfire travel check: Highway 1 closure, Okanagan routes and evacuation links still need live checks

- Captured: 2026-08-21T06:47:13-07:00
- Article slug: `official-bc-wildfire-travel-evacuation-check-august-21-2026`
- Editorial status: routine BCFires daily official-source travel/evacuation/action-link snapshot.

## Official sources captured

1. DriveBC/Open511 event API: https://api.open511.gov.bc.ca/events?format=json&limit=500
   - Total Open511 rows in capture: 252
   - Wildfire/fire/smoke rows found by text filter: 22
   - Major wildfire/fire/smoke rows found by text filter: 12
   - Public filtered file: `drivebc-open511-wildfire-events.json`
   - Human summary: `drivebc-wildfire-road-summary.md`
2. EmergencyInfoBC homepage/API: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/ and https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/wp-json/wp/v2/event?per_page=30&_fields=date,modified,slug,link,title,excerpt
   - Event rows captured: 30
   - Latest modified timestamp in captured rows: 2026-08-20T14:46:05
   - Human summary: `emergencyinfobc-events-summary.md`
3. BC Wildfire Service latest posts feed: https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=10&_fields=date,modified,slug,link,title,excerpt
   - Latest post in capture: 2026-08-19T14:13:24 — Category 2 and 3 open fire to be prohibited for parts of the Prince George Fire Centre — https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/category-2-and-3-open-fire-to-be-prohibited-for-parts-of-the-prince-george-fire-centre/
   - Human summary: `bcws-latest-posts-summary.md`
4. B.C. Fire Bans and Restrictions landing page: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions

## Editorial caveats

- This is a dated official-source snapshot, not a new evacuation order, evacuation alert, road detour, return-home clearance, fire boundary or wildfire-cause finding.
- DriveBC/Open511 entries can change quickly and some rows include future `next update` times; readers should open DriveBC before travel.
- EmergencyInfoBC event pages may summarize local authority orders/alerts and are not a substitute for the relevant First Nation, municipality or regional district page.
- No social-media cause/arson/named-person allegation was used.