Environment Canada Forecasts Thunderstorms Adding to Fire Danger in B.C.’s Interior

A helicopter pilot prepares to drop water on a wildfire burning in Lytton, B.C., on July 2, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

LYTTON, B.C.—Severe thunderstorms are forecast for several areas in British Columbia’s southern Interior, adding to the fire danger in the province.

Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for very strong winds, large hail and heavy rain in at least eight regions in the province.