Federal officials are scheduled to provide an update on Canada’s wildfire season as an out-of-control fire in British Columbia forces evacuations in the region of a threatened town, according to multiple reports. The updates are expected to draw on the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre’s latest figures. One report states that the centre shows 3,100 fires so far this season, compared with about 2,900 at the same point last year. The reporting also notes that the situation in B.C. is ongoing this week, with evacuations carried out due to fire activity. The outlets agree that the federal update is taking place in response to current conditions and that it will use recent national wildfire statistics to describe how the season is tracking relative to the previous year. Beyond those points, the sources provided do not include additional details about the specific fire’s location in B.C., the number of people affected, or the projected outlook, but they characterize the blaze as still active and directly impacting the threatened community.