Wildfires 2018: Lightning storm sparks more than 300 wildfires in B.C.

Crews across British Columbia are busy with more than 300 new wildfires that have broken out since Tuesday because of a lightning storm.
B.C. Wildfire Service spokesman Ryan Turcot said dozens of the fires recorded in the last few days were in the Cariboo region, the area hard hit by last year’s record-breaking fire season.
“The vast majority of these new fire starts are attributable to the lightning activity we have been seeing,” said Turcot.
Unstable weather began Saturday bu