Canada Wildfires | British baking show high alerts

Seasonal temperatures are expected to return to southern B.C. starting Thursday, but wildfire officials say incoming winds will increase fire risk.

Some residents west of Lillooet and near Keremeos were placed on evacuation order due to expanding wildfires.

Evacuation alerts were expanded in relation to the Lower East Adams Lake fire, 21 kilometres north of Chase.

Some southeastern areas are experiencing dense smoke and falling ash, the B.C. Wildfire Service said.

19 daily heat records were broken on Tuesday, including a high of 42.2 C in Lytton, according to Environment Canada.

Wildfire crews in British Columbia are bracing for an incoming weather system expected to bring strong winds and dry lightning by Thursday, but conditions are already flaring in at least two areas of the province.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order for the area southwest of Keremeos affected by two wildfires that have been burning for several weeks.