Lytton, British Columbia: A Canadian village has been ordered to evacuate due to wildfires
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Mayor John Boulderman issued the eviction order late Wednesday, according to a news release from the village of Lytton. “All residents are advised to leave the community and move to a safer place,” it said.
“At the First Nation Band office, the fire was coming up to the fence line at a height of three to four feet. I went through the city and it was just smoke, flames, wires falling down,” Bolderman told the Canadian broadcaster.
To date, there have been 450 fires in the province this year.
The head of the province, Mudisuda, called it “unprecedented time.”
“Since the onset of the heat wave late last week there has been a significant increase in coronary service deaths in BC, where extreme heat is suspected to have contributed,” Chief Coroner Lisa Lapoint said in a statement.
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