Members of the Lytton First Nation are again fleeing their homes amid record-setting blazes in the Canadian province of British Columbia, with the Indigenous community yet to replace dozens of buildings razed in a devastating fire two years ago.
devastated much of the nearby village of Lytton, as well as administrative buildings and 41 homes belonging to First Nation members, Hanna said. The community had hoped to start on reconstruction this fall. This year's fire is about 12 miles from where the 2021 blaze had burned, he said.
"When you experience something like that, the trauma is ongoing. Just the smell of smoke in the air is enough to trigger those recurring feelings and fear," Hanna said. About 800 British Columbia residents are under evacuation orders. As of early Monday, there were almost 400 wildfires burning in the province, 14 of them "wildfires of note," a reference to their visibility or the threat they pose to public safety.
The province faced a "double-edged sword" Monday of thunderstorms in the interior, said Environment Canada meteorologist Ken Dosanjh. Storms could bring both welcome rain and lightning strikes that could spark more fires.Canadian wildfires have displaced thousands,
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Fires threaten Indigenous community in Canada's B.C. province, againMembers of Lytton First Nation are fleeing their homes again amid record-setting blazes in the province of British Columbia, having yet to rebuild since a devastating fire two years ago that had razed dozens of the Indigenous community's buildings.
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