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Jul 18, 2026
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B.C. wildfire season surges amid lightning strikes
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B.C. wildfire season surges amid lightning strikes
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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The Brunswick Creek wildfire consumes trees on a mountainside, in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday.
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The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100.
On Wednesday morning the province’s firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a relatively quiet season, but as of Saturday morning there were abo…
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