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The BC Wildfire Service's lead fire weather forecaster shares the conditions for Friday as thousands of British Columbians flee their homes.

Roughly a dozen properties have been destroyed due to Downton Lake wildfire at Gun Lake, 110 kilometres northwest of Whistler.

A B.C. Ph.D. student is interviewing evacuees for her research on the social impacts on wildfires on British Columbians.

A B.C. Ph.D. student is interviewing evacuees for her research on the social impacts on wildfires on British Columbians.

The BC Wildfire Service mapped the St. Mary’s River wildfire Saturday morning, which is now an estimated 3,342 hectares, up from 2,600 hectares on Friday.

That wildfire, believed to be caused by lightening, is now an estimated 30,000 hectares in size, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

Hundreds of lightning strikes in many parts of British Columbia almost tripled the number of active wildfires in the province over the weekend.

An incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service said he took a 2.5 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia.

The stretch of cooler weather in southern B.C. also led to snowflakes falling early Monday on Okanagan ski hills and more stormy weather forecast across the region.

There were no life-threatening injuries reported in the four-alarm blaze.