The West Kootenay region has seen its fair share of thunderstorms so far this summer, with some of the latest triggering two ...

The thunderstorm that swept through part of the West Kootenay Sunday morning now only has two out-of-control wildfires left ...

In general, human-caused fires tend to pick up at this time of year, while lightning activity isn’t as frequent. The cause of the small fire that was confirmed on Thursday night remains under ...

Firefighters are looking into the possibility a lightning strike caused a house fire in north Calgary Monday afternoon.

A wildfire between Castlegar and Nancy Green Provincial Park has grown to over 150 hectares in spite of the rain falling in ...

Caption: Experts say lightning could be on the rise because of climate change, and that dry lightning is the cause of many wildfires in North America. (Bernd Maerz/dpa via AP) ...

Recent storms in British Columbia are a mixed blessing to the wildfire fight across the province. As of the morning of August ...

Lightning-caused fires to persist, BC Wildfire Service says Published on Aug. 13, 2024, 10:25 PM Updated on Aug. 13, 2024, 11:35 PM ...

Wildfires caused by human activity have decreased in recent years, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service. Human-caused wildfires are those started by anything other than lightning — power lines ...

Dry lightning started half of California wildfires in 2020, study finds Lightning could strike in Canada more often due to the effects of climate change — and amid concerns of drought, that ...

Wildfires caused by human activity have decreased in recent years, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service. Human-caused wildfires are those started by anything other than lightning — power lines, ...