"About That" Zombie' fires have sprung back to life across the boreal forest, making for a challenging start to the wildfire season. CBC's Andrew Chang explains how these fires burn all year round underground and why they're becoming more common. Were you aware that a wildfire can keep burning underground all through the winter?

Fire seasons can be bad enough on their own, but it turns out sometimes forest fires that appeared to be dead, turn out to have just been lying in wait. Are aware you of The Boreal Forests?

The 2023 Canadian wildfire season was the most destructive on record. Some fires from 2023 persisted into the new year - those are called "zombie fires." Some of the Zombie Fires started in 2023, never went out and re-emerged in 2024, were not totally extinguished in 2024 and now have re-emerged in 2025. It is very concerning. Were you aware that some of the Zombie Fires were impacted by the warmer temperatires of El Nino?

"As wildfires in Alberta and Manitoba simmer, 'zombie wildfires' continue to burn in parts of Western Canada." Kamil Karamali reports. June 2025 the Zombie fire which has carried over from 2024 has expanded and crossed the border in Alberta. The two fires, the Kiskatinaw River fire and the Summit Lake fire, are marked as "wildfires of note," meaning they pose a risk to human life or critical infrastructure. The Kiskatinaw River fire, near the community of Kelly Lake, B.C., nearly 60 kilometres southeast of Dawson Creek, is estimated at 142.7 square kilometres as of Saturday morning, but fire information officer Karley Desrosiers said that number is likely an undercount based on the growth seen Thursday evening. B.C.'s second wildfire of note, the Summit Lake wildfire along the Alaska Highway west of Fort Nelson, B.C., has tripled in size to 83.54 square kilometres from 26 square kilometres on Thursday. The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality has issued an evacuation order for an area along the Alaska Highway corridor from the Summit Lake Campground to the Steamboat Mountain brake check. Did you know that the Kiskatinaw River fire has crossed the border into Alberta?

'Zombie fires,' or 'overwintering fires,' are fires that smoulder underground through the winter, even when covered in snow — and more than 100 of them are burning across B.C., Alberta and the Northwest Territories. But as Mike Flannigan reports, with the increase in area being burned, it's nearly impossible to get ahead of them. Fire Prevention is paramount. Did you know if the fires keep increasing we could lose the forests and have grasslands instead?