Lytton Wildfire Cause

• Lytton B.C. waits to rebuild two years after devastating wildfire

  The 2021 wildfire destroyed 90 per cent of the structures and homes in the B.C. town and scorched more than 800 square kilometres of land.

  Fire

  Jun 30, 2023
  
• ‘Helplessness’ in Lytton, B.C. says mayor, as residents question findings on devastating wildfire

  The mayor of Lytton, B.C., says residents are left with unanswered questions after a report eliminated train activity as a cause of the fire that destroyed their town.

  Environment

  Oct 15, 2021
  
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• ‘Disbelief and anger’: Lytton, B.C. residents skeptical of report clearing railway in deadly fire

  Some residents of Lytton, B.C. say they're angry that a Transportation Safety Board investigation has been unable to link a passing train to the fire that destroyed their town.

  Environment

  Oct 14, 2021
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• Wildfire that destroyed Lytton, B.C. not linked to train activity: report

  Residents of Lytton B.C. remain scattered in hotels, with family, or in the handful of homes still standing in the community but there is no timeline when they can return.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2021
• Details released about wildfire that destroyed Lytton, B.C. and possible train involvement

  The TSB will release the details Thursday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. PST.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2021
• Cause of Lytton, B.C. wildfire still unknown as police look at ‘possible criminality’

  In an update Monday, investigators said they have completed a fulsome search of two areas of interest related to the possible origin of the fire.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2021
• ‘Where buildings stood is simply charred earth’: New video of Lytton, B.C., shows devastation

  It is still not known when residents of Lytton will be able to get back to their homes and look at the possibility of rebuilding what they have lost since the wildfire.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2021
• Cause of Lytton, B.C. wildfire suspected to be human, but investigation not yet complete

  The Lytton wildfire remains classified as out-of-control and it is not yet known when residents will be able to get back in to see the full destruction left by the fire.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2021
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• Cause of Lytton, B.C., wildfire not yet known, resident saw train brake then smoke rise

  'I looked at it and right away, it was just 'boom,' there was tons of smoke coming from that end of town,' Austin Doyle said after noticing a train braking in Lytton.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2021