‘Lytton is gone’: wildfire tears through village after record-breaking heat
The Guardian says after three days of unrelenting heat, the people in the British Columbia village of Lytton were hoping for a modest respite.
Temperatures which had shattered longstanding national records – at one point reaching a blistering 49.6C (121.28F) – eased slightly on Wednesday, raising hopes that the worst was over.
But that same day, a wildfire tore through the settlement 153km (95 miles) north-east of Vancouver. It was moving so fast that officials didn’t even have time to issue evacuation orders.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/01/lytton-wildfire-heatwave-british-columbia-canada
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