KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Windy and unstable weather was forecast for most of southern and central British Columbia, conditions that officials say have the potential to kick up wildfires. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning an incoming cold front packing winds of about 60 kilometres per hour was expected to hit the central Interior today before sliding south and diminishing. The system was also forecast to carry isolated lightning storms with little rain. Emergency Management BC says those blazes kept 4,400 people out of their homes while another 21,000 were on evacuation alert.

Source: National Post August 18, 2017 15:33 UTC