The Insurance Bureau of Canada says there is now a path to begin the recovery for Lytton, B.C., almost a year after two people died and most of the community was destroyed by a wildfire.
A statement from bureau vice-president Aaron Sutherland says debris removal is starting on insured properties in the village, raising hopes that Lytton will “soon return as a thriving community.”
Sutherland says insurers supported a “respectful, responsible and timely” approach to debris removal because they recognized the likelihood that Indigenous artifacts might be found.
The statement says wildfire on June 30 last year is now estimated to have caused more than $100 million in insured damage, while the fire last summer that severely damaged the communities of Killiney Beach and Monte Lake caused more than $77 million in insured losses….