‘Spring dip’ causing steep uptick in active B.C. wildfires: BCWS information officer

VANCOUVER — The number of wildfires in British Columbia has roughly doubled over the past several days, but an information officer with the BC Wildfire Service says the activity can be attributed to the annual “spring dip.”
Amanda Graves says the phenomenon is caused by a decrease in moisture in the needles of coniferous trees.
She says it comes shortly after the snow has melted, but before vegetation “begins to get really green.”
But Graves says it’s too soon