More than 1,000 people in and around Lytton, in central British Columbia, were evacuated late on Wednesday after the fast-moving fire engulfed the community, catching residents by surprise. The cause of the fire was being investigated, B.C Premier John Horgan told reporters.
"The town has sustained structural damage and 90% of the village is burned, including the centre of the town," Brad Vis, a member of Parliament for Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, said in a Facebook post. Horgan said 62 new fires were reported in B.C. in the past 24 hours, forcing authorities to issue new evacuation orders affecting some 700 people in B.C.'s Cariboo region.Trees burn along a street during a wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia, Canada June 30, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video on July 1, 2021.
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