A fast-spreading wildfire ripped through the British Columbia village of Lytton and surrounding homes on the Lytton First Nation reserve.
The weather that day, June 30, 2021, was a big factor, the land dry, the wind blowing, the day scorching hot. One day after flames had burned 90% of Lytton and 39 nearby structures on the First Nation land, the village set a Canadian all-time temperature record of 49.6 degrees C (121.3 degrees F).First Nation residents were ordered to evacuate, and most did. But Warren Brown, manager of the reserve’s operations and maintenance department, stayed behind with members of his team
