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Coroners confirm 2 bodies discovered in Lytton, B C , following devastating fire
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Lytton wildfire: Officials confirm two bodies discovered in village destroyed by blaze
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Coroner says two feared dead in wildfire that ravaged Lytton, B.C.
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A motorist watches from a pullout on the Trans-Canada Highway as a wildfire burns on the side of a mountain in Lytton, B.C., Thursday, July 1, 2021. The search continues today for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia s Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
LYTTON, B.C. – British Columbia’s chief coroner says preliminary reports suggest two people died as a result of a wildfire that ravaged the village of Lytton, B.C.
Lisa Lapointe told a news conference today that the reports have yet to be officially confirmed.
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The family was getting ready for a barbecue at their Lytton home Wednesday evening when they first saw smoke, then moments later, flames.
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Chapman went inside to get a bucket of water and when he came out, the fire was licking at the house.
He barely had time to help his parents take cover in a pit that was being dug to repair their septic system.
The air became very hot as Chapman helped his mother, Janette, into the hole. His father, Mike, a retired mechanic, climbed in beside his wife.
Wildfires ripped through Lytton, British Columbia, on Wednesday - two days after it broke Canada s temperature record
Roughly 1,000 people in and around Lytton fled from their homes as flames engulfed the town in minutes
The extent of the damage was revealed on Thursday as officials said most homes and structures were razed
Officials said it could take days for the region to be deemed safe enough for first responders to begin searching the wreckage for possible fatalities
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is working to locate an unspecified number of missing residents
Dozens of families who evacuated when the fire swept in are now desperately searching for their loved ones
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