The end of summer vacation doesn’t mean the end of summer heat, nor the wildfire season in B.C.

The BC Wildfire Service says there were more than 1,000 more lightning strikes across the province on Sunday, most of which happened in the Cariboo region.

That comes after nearly 4,400 lightning strikes were recorded across B.C. on Friday and Saturday, mostly in the Cariboo and Coastal regions.

The service is reporting around 165 active blazes across the province Tuesday, 27 of which started in the last 24 hours.

It says about 75 per cent of those fires were caused by lightning.

Its latest situational report says the increase in lightning over the weekend makes it likely that more wildfires will be detected in the coming days.

The BCWS says a record-breaking 10-day heat wave, with tempera

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