Lightning strikes results in 18 new wildfires on Vancouver Island on Monday and Tuesday.
A video sent to CHEK News by Diana Jolly captured the moment a bolt of lightning struck Cortez Island.
The system ignited new wildfires up and down the Island according to Kimberly Kelly, community engagement specialist wit hthe BC Wildfire Service on Tuesday. A whooping 2,600 lightning strikes hit Vancouver Island and the mid-coast between Monday and Tuesday morning.The BC Wildfire Service is monitoring most of the new fires including the Mead Creek fire near Cowichan Lake and the King Creek fire west of Sooke. Both are less than a quarter hectare in size.
Armel Castellan, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said Victoria sees very little lightning in general due to the influence of the Pacific Ocean.
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