August 16, 2003, at about 4 a.m. local time, a wildfire started via lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and the driest summer on record up to that time. Buildings destroyed: 239 Burned area: 25,912 hectares (64,030 acres) Cause: lightning strike Land use: Parkland, Rural Non-fatal injuries: water bomber crash
