Wildfires ripped through Lytton, British Columbia, on Wednesday - two days after it broke Canada's temperature record
Roughly 1,000 people in and around Lytton fled from their homes as flames engulfed the town in minutes
The extent of the damage was revealed on Thursday as officials said 'most homes' and structures were razed
Officials said it could take days for the region to be deemed safe enough for first responders to begin searching the wreckage for possible fatalities
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is working to locate an unspecified number of missing residents
Dozens of families who evacuated when the fire swept in are now desperately searching for their loved ones