A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said Friday.
John Haugen, deputy chief of the Lytton First Nation, said conditions are challenging, a day after the blaze broke out nearly two kilometres northwest of Lytton on the other side of the Fraser River.
“It’s been really daunting. Sometimes there’s no power here and we’re running out of water on the east side of the Fraser River,” he said during a briefing.
A tiny ferry that crosses the river is out of service due to high water levels, making it difficult to move resources toward the fire on the west side, he added….