More than 400 lightning strikes spark eight new wildfires, BC Wildfire Services says

BRITISH COLUMBIA — The agency monitoring wildfires in British Columbia’s says eight new blazes have sprung up in the southern regions of the Northwest Fire Centre after more than 400 lightning strikes hit the area on Friday night.The BC Wildfire service says four of the new fires are burning west of the Witset community, which is home to about 611 on-reserve members.
The service says while the blazes fires are all small in size, assessing some of them has been “a challenge&rdqu