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A wildfire began on June 30, 2021 just south of the village of Lytton in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The fire destroyed much of Lytton and caused two civilian fatalities, announced July 3. [2] Several missing residents, still unaccounted for at that time, were later located. [5]
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.
Downtown Lytton, photographed in March 2024. On June 30, 2021, the day after Lytton set a Canadian all-time high temperature record of 49.6 °C (121.3 °F), a wildfire swept through the community, destroying most structures. [7]
The village of Lytton, located in southern British Columbia, Canada, was the hottest spot in the entire country for three consecutive days. From Sunday, June 27, to Tuesday, June 29, Lytton broke ...
The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. [5] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in ...
But after a run of multiple record-smashing wildfire seasons in the past decade, the 2021 season thus far has been as close as Americans have come to a reprieve. While recent history has shown ...
2021 – The Lytton Creek Wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia destroyed 90% of the town of Lytton. 2021 – The Caldor Fire That burned Grizzly Flats, California and Omo Ranch, California. 2021 – A fire broke out in the town of El Cayo on the cay of Bonacca which is part of an island named Guanaja. The fire injured 4 residents and destroyed ...
The Kenneth Fire expanded to 1052 acres in a matter of hours but is now 100 percent contained. The wind whips embers while firefighters battle the fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt ...