22 lightning-caused fires started in 1 day, BC Wildfire says<\/p>\n
Published 1:09 pm Sunday, August 2, 2026<\/p>\n
Extreme weather conditions have made wildfire containment efforts significantly more challenging, said BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).<\/p>\n
Winds with gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour led to aggressive fire behaviour in the Okanagan, adding stress to new and existing wildfires.<\/p>\n
Across the province, more than 2,200 lightning strikes led to 22 suspected lightning-caused fires. <\/p>\n
12 of those have been classified as out, under control or being held. 10 remain out-of-control.<\/p>\n
BCWS added that conditions next week are going to be dry, hot and windy, \u201cincreasing the potential for fire activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lightning caused fires from over the weekend may holdover and remain smouldering, not showing signs of smoke until dry conditions flare it up, said BCWS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis wildfire situation remains dynamic. With all response, responder safety and protection of critical infrastructure, life and property continue to be the priority for all agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you see a wildfire, please report it to 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on a cellphone or through the BC Wildfire Service Mobile App and utilize the \u201cReport a Fire\u201d function, attaching a photo with your report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"22 lightning-caused fires started in 1 day, BC Wildfire says Published 1:09 pm Sunday, August 2, 2026 By…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674,6090],"class_list":["post-843276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}