Lytton to end state of local emergency 2 years after devastating fire
Lytton’s local state of emergency is set to end June 19 – nearly two years after a fire ripped through the village.
Council voted unanimously in Wednesday’s meeting to end the local state of emergency, which first went into effect after the devastating wildfire that swept through the village on June 30, 2021. It has been renewed weekly since then. The village’s acting CAO Diane Mombourquette said staff have met with B.C.’s Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Ministry to help understand the pros and cons of ending the local state of emergency.
“From that conversation, we felt that based on the works remaining to be done in the village, there were other ways we could accomplish what we needed to do rather than have the entire village covered by a State of Local Emergency.”Coun. Jennifer Thoss said it was “such a great milestone.” It was on June 30, 2021 that the fire ripped through Lytton, following three days of record-breaking heat during the now-deadly heat dome. It was the hottest day ever recorded in Canada at 49.6 C.A 2022 report by the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction noted that scientists found the root cause was “easily ignitable structures and homes, and not just a wildfire problem.”
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