This city broke the temperature record in Canada, then faced a deadly wildfire

wildfire season It got off to an early tragic start in western North America. After a historic heat wave erupted in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, flames have erupted across the region, including in the small village of Lytton, British Columbia. At the start of the week, the village broke the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada; Wednesday evening, the city was flooded in Fast-moving forest fires.

“The whole city is on fire,” said Jean Polderman, Mayor of Lytton. CBC News. “It took a full 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke until suddenly a fire broke out everywhere.”

Boulderman issued an evacuation order, and residents had to flee to save their lives as smoke and fire engulfed the city, which is located about 161 miles northeast of Vancouver. According to CBC News, about 200 Lytton residents have been evacuated to nearby towns, and efforts are now underway to determine the fate of all of them.

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The conditions were ripe for a fire. Shortly before the fire, Leighton endured three consecutive days of record-breaking heat, reaching 121 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday. Unprecedented temperatures dried up vegetation, creating fuel for fires. Even before the Lytton fire broke out, firefighters were already battling two other nearby fires, CBC News reports. Although the cause of the fire that engulfed Lytton is still being investigated, once it broke out, strong winds fanned the flames and helped it grow and spread rapidly.

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Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t seem to be getting any better: much of western Canada Still under heat warning. Conditions aren’t much better in the US either. The same record-breaking heatwave in Canada also affected the western United States, and it already is Suffering from constant dehydrationLarge fires erupted across the West. The National Interagency Fire Center Reports suggest that 44 major fires have burned more than 667,000 acres from Alaska to Arizona — and it’s still early in the wildfire season. Current forecasts show that higher-than-normal temperatures will persist across much of the West.

Last year, forest fires They set fire to millions of acres Across the United States, this year is already off to a rough start. Hot, dry weather makes forest fire prevention even more important: make sure you do your part Camping and rebuilding safely.

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