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Fire razed Lytton, B.C., will be a community of the future: Premier Horgan
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By The Canadian Press on July 6, 2021.
A helicopter pilot prepares to drop water on a wildfire burning in Lytton, B.C., on Friday, July 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
LYTTON, B.C. – British Columbia Premier John Horgan and two of his cabinet ministers were flown over the devastated community of Lytton Tuesday where he said there was “literally nothing left” after a wildfire tore through it last Wednesday.
Horgan told a news conference after the flyover that “it was quite moving,” seeing the damage done to the village firsthand.
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Fire razed Lytton, B.C., will be a community of the future: Premier Horgan
Poll
Yes
A helicopter pilot prepares to drop water on a wildfire burning in Lytton, B.C., on Friday, July 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
LYTTON, B.C. – British Columbia Premier John Horgan and two of his cabinet ministers were flown over the devastated community of Lytton Tuesday where he said there was “literally nothing left” after a wildfire tore through it last Wednesday.
Horgan told a news conference after the flyover that “it was quite moving,” seeing the damage done to the village firsthand.
“There was hope on the west side of the river … but the townsite is virtually gone,” he said.
Canada hunts for survivors of fire that destroyed small town
By JIM MORRISJuly 2, 2021 GMT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Officials on Friday hunted for any missing residents of a British Columbia town destroyed by wildfire as the Canadian province’s chief coroner said reports suggest two people have died as a result of blaze.
Lisa Lapointe told a news conference Friday that a team is standing by to conduct an investigation in order to confirm the deaths, but it’s not yet safe to enter the area.
The roughly 1,000 residents of Lytton had to abandon their homes with just a few minutes notice Wednesday evening after suffering the previous day under a record high of 121.2 Fahrenheit (49.6 Celsius).