There could be some relief for firefighters in the next two days. We worked with people from the community and the Lytton First Nation to create arrangements, so that when something like this happens, we were able to more quickly respond.” We took lessons from what we did last year. “So we spent a lot of time this spring preparing. Mundall said he and his neighbours knew it could happen again. One year ago, the civil engineer worked around the clock with firefighters and other volunteers to help stop the Lytton Creek wildfire from swallowing neighbouring communities. “We lost a large hay barn as well as a shop on the farm, but thankfully were able to save the houses.” “The primary wave has gone through, so we’re just dealing with little flareups here and there,” Mr. There were no closures to Highway 1 or Highway 12, which cross the area.ĭan Mundall is among several Lytton area residents who ignored an evacuation order to help fight the fire, which is currently threatening his farm four kilometres north of Lytton. The fire was burning on the west side of the Fraser River. This means it was moving at moderate to fast speeds, with some short-range fire spotting caused by flying embers. The Nohomin Creek fire continues to burn out of control, the wildfire service said, and was displaying what they described as rank three and four behaviour on the service’s six-point scale. The family did, however, lose a guest cabin, two sheds, a fruit cooler, a storage unit, a chicken coop filled with birds, a farm truck and other supplies, including fence posts, cedar lumber and ladders. The Peterkin family managed to save one house and a cabin, which was housing Lyttonites who had lost their home to last year’s fire. Two dozen properties were under an evacuation order midmorning Friday and another 31 were under an evacuation alert, meaning residents had to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. As of Friday evening, a wildfire west of Lytton had burned at least half a dozen homes but was not spreading in the direction of the village, officials said. Wildfire Service estimated the fire at 500 hectares by Friday, having more than doubled since the previous evening.
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