Lightning sparks 50 new wildfires across B.C.
Global News
The BC Wildfire Service says there more than 7,000 lightning strikes on Friday.
Fifty new wildfires were sparked on Friday by a thunderstorm that rolled across parts of the province.
According to the BC Wildfire Service, there were more than 7,000 lightning strikes yesterday.
“We saw 67 new starts and 50 of them were caused by lightning,” provincial fire information officer Sarah Budd told Global News on Saturday.
“So right now, the bulk of our fires are coming in because of lightning.”
In the Kamloops Fire Centre, lightning was the cause of the Horseshoe Lake wildfire near Spallumcheen.
That fire is listed as still being out of control, though its size of 3.2 hectares hasn’t changed since Friday night.
BC Wildfire said the local fire department also responded to the blaze, which saw air support drop fire retardant on it shortly after it was discovered on Friday afternoon.
“Today, six BC Wildfire crew members have responded to the incident, along with one water tender and one helicopter,” said Kamloops Fire Centre information officer Taylor Shantz.
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