Dry forests 'very receptive to ignition': B.C. Wildfire Service
![Video taken from a passing vehicle shows the fire at the side of Highway 97 that closed the road between Summerland and Peachland on July 17. A pickup truck drives by a smoky fire creeping up a hillside next to a highway.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7266688.1721243068!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/peachland-fire-july-17.jpg)
Over a dozen new fires have sparked across the province over the last 24 hours, and the B.C. Wildfire Service says dry forests in much of the province are "very receptive to ignition."
Over a dozen new fires have sparked across the province over the last 24 hours, and the B.C. Wildfire Service says dry forests in much of the province are "very receptive to ignition."