Crews partly contain wildfire south of Lytton, B.C., on fourth day of blaze
Posted June 14, 2015 6:09 pm.
Last Updated June 14, 2015 6:30 pm.
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LYTTON, B.C. – Firefighters have made headway over the weekend in the battle against a wildfire raging in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
The B.C. Wildfire Management Branch says crews have contained about 20 per cent of the 13-square-kilometre blaze, burning just south of Lytton, B.C.
One home has been destroyed in the flare-up and the Lytton First Nation has issued an evacuation order for about 10 others.
Additional properties in Lytton First Nation and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District are on evacuation alert.
Over the next four days, crews will conduct controlled burns around the fire to slow its spread.
Ninety-four firefighters, 10 helicopters and five pieces of heavy equipment have been brought in to respond to the blaze.
