A pair of wildfires burning out of control on Vancouver Island have merged into one large fire measuring more than 15 square kilometres.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says the Mount Con Reid fire in Strathcona Provincial Park was likely sparked by a lightning strike.
"When a fire is being monitored, this means B.C. Wildfire Service is observing and analyzing the fire but it's not immediately suppressed," the wildfire service says.
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