This poor community. Last night the town of Lytton was evacuated due to an out of control fire, possibly sparked by a train. The town has been razed.
This is not just a shock piece about âhow hot can it get?â, this is a full scale climate change tragedy.
Dozens of families forced to flee their homes in a small B.C. village as fire raced through the area are working Thursday to find loved ones scattered in the evacuations, as emergency officials urgently try to account for everybody in the community.
People living in Lytton, B.C., about 260 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, were forced to run from their homes with little to no notice Wednesday, racing out of town in every direction as smoke and flames swallowed the community in minutes.Â
Mayor Jan Polderman signed the official evacuation order at 6 p.m. PT, Wednesday. He said the village was overcome by flames before officials had the chance to co-ordinate a place for people to go, so many just started driving
âThe town burnt down,â Polderman said, his voice hoarse as he spoke from a family memberâs home in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Thursday.Â
âI noticed some white smoke at the south end of town and within 15 to 20 minutes, the whole town was engulfed in flame.â
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-lytton-july-1-2021-1.6087311