Some much-needed rain fell on Vancouver Island, with almost two millimetres recorded at Victoria’s airport.
Lightning strikes have sparked dozens of new wildfires in British Columbia — including 18 on the Island — as thunderstorms brought mixed blessings to the province’s battle against its worst fire season on record.
Eighteen wildfires on Vancouver Island were linked to lightning strikes on Monday and through Tuesday afternoon. A fire east of Cowichan Lake at Mead Creek and a fire at King Creek northwest of Sooke were both under a quarter of a hectare in size on Tuesday morning.Meanwhile, crews battling a destructive wildfire in the Shuswap region in the Interior hoped for help from the rain.
There was hope for rain in the evening as crews are “consolidated” around “high-value communities,” he said. Elsewhere in the province, wildfire activity continues to affect road travel, including a closure of Highway 37 near the Yukon boundary. The winds resulted in the expansion of an evacuation alert in West Kelowna to include all of the Glenrosa and Westbank neighbourhoods.
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