As heat warnings are issued across south and southeastern B.C., the provincial wildfire service is warning residents that scorching temperatures can increase the risk of scorched earth. Temperatures could rise as high as 36 C in the southern Interior this week, drying out forests and creating ideal wildfire conditions. Wildfire Service in Kamloops, there is a heightened risk of fire from Lillooet stretching east to Falkland, just west of the Okanagan Valley. This means no fires larger than two metres high by three metres wide will be permitted. While the risk is currently high for the Kamloops region, wildfire damage so far this year has been minimal compared to the catastrophic seasons of 2017 and 2018.

Source: CBC News July 28, 2020 17:19 UTC