Lytton was razed by fire. Some fear financial ruin is next for the tiny B.C. village | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ross and Judith Urquhart have called Lytton, B.C., home for half a century, leaving only for as long it took to rebuild after a raging wildfire forced them to flee in 2021. “All the homes around us were burning and we had to just jump in the vehicle and get out,” Ross Urquhart recalled, […]
Lytton wildfire rebuild lacked legal framework from province, auditor general says | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A report from the office of British Columbia’s auditor general says the province expected the Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery from the fast-moving wildfire that destroyed most of the community and killed two people in June 2021. But it says officials with the village in B.C.’s southern Interior were “immediately overwhelmed […]