Buildings destroyed after fast-moving wildfire forces evacuation of heat wave hot spot Lytton, BC

Several buildings have been destroyed in Lytton, B.C. after a fast-moving fire swept through the village Wednesday just moments after its residents were evacuated.

Sources tell Global News the local ambulance station, clinic and at least 10 houses were among the buildings burned to the ground shortly after Mayor Jon Polderman issued the evacuation order around 6 p.m. PT.

An unknown number of injured residents were taken out of the village by SUV ambulance, while the rest of the residents were sent to evacuation centres in nearby Merritt and Lillooet, emergency crew sources said.

The evacuation order came after the village shattered the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada for three consecutive days.

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