Image Credit: Ben Bulmer July 10, 2021 - 3:09 PM A Kelowna trucker who was one of the first on the scene of Friday night s wildfire in Coldstream says he thinks it was sparked by a discarded cigarette. Thomas Neufeld was driving home July 9 just before 10 p.m. when he noticed a small fire off the side of Highway 97. He pulled over and grabbed a fire extinguisher to try and douse the flames while a Saskatchewan couple and two Alberta residents in their own cars did the same. “It was just a small little fire, like maybe a few feet in diameter, so having a fire extinguisher in our trucks, I thought ‘hey let’s see if we can get at this before it becomes something serious,’” he said.
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LYTTON, B.C. The village of Lytton, B.C., has broken the record for hottest temperature in Canada for the third straight day in a row. Environment Canada said the Lytton climate station registered a 49.5 C on Tuesday afternoon, shattering the previous records of 47.9 C and 46.1 recorded on the previous two days. “The air is like fire,” said Sergiou Riverso who was visiting Lytton from the Vancouver-area. “It’s pretty crazy hot,” said Lytton resident Erin Aleck. “As soon as you come outside, it’s like a punch in the throat,” she said. By late afternoon, the streets in Lytton were virtually deserted as people sought shelter from the suffocating temperatures.
Wildfire burning out of control northwest of Kamloops now an estimated 750 hectares in size, officials say - Kamloops News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.