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The RCMP also started an investigation of the Lytton fire, focusing on two areas. One area is a 2km area in nearby Boston Bar. In Lytton, police are focusing on a 1km radius containing a parking lot and park area, near a combined foot and rail bridge across the Fraser River, seeking to identify movements of people, vehicles and trains. [37]
A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires. [10]On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over 300 square miles (780 km 2) [11] [12] and sent people fleeing for their lives.
Lytton receives 430.6 mm (16.95 in) [26] of annual precipitation on average, making it much drier than communities to the south but certainly wetter than some of the driest spots in the BC interior, such as Ashcroft, Kamloops, Spences Bridge, and Osoyoos. It has the driest summers in the interior of British Columbia and one of the driest ...
Fire name Hectares burned Fire Centre Date discovered Comments Link Bloedel fire 75,000 Sayward July 5 1938 0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of Sayward. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point.
L.A. fire maps show Palisades, Eaton and more fires in California right now. Emily Mae Czachor, John Kelly, Taylor Johnston, Grace Manthey. Updated January 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM.
The new maps include Oakland, the site of the 1991 Tunnel fire that killed 25, and Santa Rosa, which is still recovering from the 2017 Tubbs fire that killed 22. It also includes Northern ...
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [88] [89] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [90] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [84] [91]
In California, 19 out of 20 of the biggest fires in the state's history have happened since 2003 and 13 of them since 2017, according to Cal Fire. For Miller, it's a worrying trend that should be ...