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As Haugen laid down the last sprinkler, he noticed flames crawling up his lawn. “I thought about aiming the sprinkler, but then I saw this big wall of fire,” he said on Friday. Abandoning his home at last, he jumped into his truck and raced through town, “fire biting at my heels.” As he drove down Main Street, something exploded, sending pieces of shrapnel raining down on the road. Haugen went south to the Siska First Nation, where he is staying with his nephew. His wife and her mother took the highway north to Lillooet. Other Lytton residents scattered to Merritt, Kamloops and Chilliwack, as fire crews continued to battle the Lytton Creek fire, which had grown to 68 square kilometres on Friday. ....
Amy Smart Alfred Higginbottom, of the Skuppah Indian Band, a Nlaka pamux First Nations government, watches as a wildfire burns on the side of a mountain in Lytton, B.C., Thursday, July 1, 2021. Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck July 02, 2021 - 9:00 PM SQUAMISH, B.C. - A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that tore through the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn t even have time to put shoes on before fleeing. Noeleen McQuary-Budde says her husband, Lance Budde, returned moments after stepping outside their house to start walking a friend home. He screamed that a fire was upon them and they had to leave. ....
Article content Noeleen McQuary-Budde says her husband, Lance Budde, returned moments after stepping outside their house, screaming that a fire was upon them and they had to leave. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Evacuee fled barefoot from wildfire that destroyed most homes in Lytton, B.C. Back to video She says black smoke was pouring down the village’s main street and fire seemed to be coming from all directions as they drove out of town. The couple piled 11 other people in the back of their truck on the way to nearby Lillooet, where she says they slept in the field of a recreation centre with their 55-kilogram dog, Daisy, before continuing on to Squamish. ....
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