Firefighters face heat warnings, thunderstorms, high winds across southern B.C.

VICTORIA — Rising temperatures, increasing wind speeds and dry lightning are forecast for southern British Columbia over the weekend in areas where major wildfires continue to burn in the Columbia, Kootenay and Thompson-Okanagan regions.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says weather forecasts call for rising temperatures, dry air and high winds, with likelihood of an intense thunder and lightning storm across much of B.C.’s southeast.
Fires of note in B.C.’s southern regions include t