B.C. wildfire tally surges past 100 as barrage of lightning strikes transforms fire season in a flash
About 113 fires are burning, with two-thirds out of control after roughly 4,000 lightning strikes hit the province, officials said.
- The Wildfire Service reports about 113 fires burning across British Columbia following 4,000 lightning strikes that hit the province, transforming the wildfire season from about 20 blazes on Wednesday to this surge by Saturday.
- Earlier this week, officials warned of a weather system bringing lightning to British Columbia's parched landscape. As the system moved into Alberta, the Wildfire Service anticipated more lightning strikes and, in the coming days, "more fire starts."
- The Thompson-Nicola Regional District ordered evacuation of 131 properties near Big Bar Lake and Meadow Lake due to The Fiftynine Creek fire, which grew to about 40 square kilometres by Friday evening.
- Overnight Friday, the Cariboo Regional District triggered an evacuation for the Bowers Lake fire and an alert for Lessard Lake. Two-thirds of the fires are burning out of control, concentrated in the southern British Columbia Interior.
- More than 500 firefighters have been called in to battle the blazes across British Columbia, representing a massive mobilization to combat the rapid surge in fire activity across the province.
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Wildfire activity increases after 2,400 lightning strikes in the Kootenays - Grand Forks Gazette
There have been a number of new wildfire starts across the Kootenays following thunderstorms that moved through the region over the last few days, according to the Southeast Fire Centre Between July 15-18, there were 2,400 lightning strikes recorded in the region, resulting in 38 new wildfires, with more anticipated as weather conditions are forecasted to be hot, dry and windy. “Ground crews, aviation resources, and heavy equipment are continuin…
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Castlegar NewsWildfire activity increases after 2,400 lightning strikes in the Kootenays
There have been a number of new wildfire starts across the Kootenays following thunderstorms that moved through the region over the last few days, according to the Southeast Fire Centre Between July 15-18, there were 2,400 lightning strikes recorded in the region, resulting in 38 new wildfires, with more anticipated as weather conditions are forecasted to be hot, dry and windy. “Ground crews, aviation resources, and heavy equipment are continuin…
BC wildfire tally surges past 100 as lightning transforms fire season in a flash
The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100. On Wednesday morning the province’s firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a relatively quiet season, but as of Saturday morning there were about 113 fires burning, including about 100 started since Friday. The BC Wildfire Service has attributed the vast majority of the ne…
Number of wildfires in B.C. surges past 100 after barrage of lightning strikes
On Wednesday morning the province's firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a relatively quiet season so far, but as of Saturday morning there were 113 fires burning, including about 100 started since Friday.
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