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La letal ola de calor que azota Canadá y que afecta a la costa este de Estados Unidos que ha dejado temperaturas de casi 50º sigue cobrándose consecuencias. Después de la pérdida de cultivos, los heridos y los fallecidos por el calor extremo, Lytton, la ciudad que ha alcanzado la temperatura más alta de Canadá, 49, 5º, ha sido completamente consumida por un incendio en menos de 15 minutos.
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El alcalde de Lytton, Jan Polderman emitió la orden de evacuación el miércoles (hora local) y dijo en Twitter que el incendio amenazaba las estructuras y la seguridad de los residentes de la comunidad, que se encuentra a 153 kilómetros al noreste de Vancouver. Se aconseja a todos los residentes que abandonen la comunidad y vayan a un lugar seguro , dijo Polderman.
B.C. family escapes wildfire wondering if home will be there when they return
A family that fled a wildfire near Lytton, B.C., is wondering if they’ll have a home to go back to as hundreds of residents of the village were ordered to leave because structures and public safety were threatened.
Mayor Jan Polderman of Lytton issued an evacuation order on Twitter at 6 p.m. local time Wednesday, a day after the town shattered a Canadian record with the highest-ever temperature of 49.6 C on Tuesday, the third day in a row the mercury kept rising.
Premier John Horgan called the fire situation “extremely dangerous” and said emergency crews were doing everything they could to support the village with a population of about 250 people.
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LILLOOET, British Columbia A wildfire that forced people to flee a small town in British Columbia that had set record high temperatures for Canada on three consecutive days burned out of control Thursday as relatives desperately sought information on evacuees.
The roughly 1,000 residents of Lytton had to abandon their homes with just a few minutes notice Wednesday evening, after searing the previous day under a record high of 121.2 F (49.6 C).
The province’s public safety minister, Mike Farnworth, said Thursday afternoon that most homes and buildings in Lytton had been destroyed and some residents were unaccounted for.
Wildfire consumes small British Columbia village where temperature hit 121 F
July 1, 2021 5:47 PM Associated Press
In this photo provided by Marshall Potts Music, the Sparks Lake wildfire burns in Kamloops, British Columbia, on Wednesday. (Courtesy of Marshall Potts Music via The Canadian Press via AP)
LILLOOET, British Columbia (AP) A wildfire that forced people to flee a small village in British Columbia that had set record high temperatures for Canada on three consecutive days burned out of control Thursday as relatives desperately sought information on evacuees.
The roughly 1,000 residents of Lytton had to abandon their homes with just a few minutes’ notice Wednesday evening, after searing the previous day under a record high of 121.2 F.