Canada heatwave: resident films escape from wildfire as flames engulf Lytton village

Buildings, cars and trees are shown ablaze in footage taken by a resident fleeing a wildfire in the British Columbia village of Lytton. Flames tore through the settlement 95 miles north-east of Vancouver so fast that officials did not even have time to issue evacuation orders. Within hours, most of the village's buildings had been consumed by flames. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help people who have lost their homes

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‘Lytton is gone’: wildfire tears through village after record-breaking heat ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/01/lytton-wildfire-heatwave-british-columbia-canada

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