The Bush Creek East fire was a wildfire in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The fire caused a major loss of structures and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.

The fire was listed as "being held" in September 2023 at a size of 45,613 hectares (112,710 acres), and was declared out in December of 2023.

[2] Much of the province went into 2023 in drought conditions made worse by a hot, dry fall season in 2022 and lower than average snowfall over the winter.

The Shuswap and Okanagan regions saw average temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius above normal during the summer, with extremely low amounts of precipitation.