Image Credit: B.C. Wildfire Service

By James Peters

Lytton Wildfires

Residents of 53 Lytton-area properties to return home Tuesday as evacuation order downgraded

Jul 19, 2021 | 11:22 PM

LYTTON, B.C. — Residents of more than 50 properties north of Lytton will be able to go back home Tuesday (July 20).

Monday evening, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced an evacuation order put in place for 53 properties, mostly along Botanie Creek Road, would be downgraded to an alert.

The alert will affect the following properties:

• 1300 to 4025 Botanie Creek Rd;
• 961 to 1005 McKay Rd; and
• any other properties located within the area outlined in orange on this map:
  Image Credit: TNRD

Residents within this area may return at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, although they must remain ready to leave again on very short notice. Returning residents are told they must travel through Lillooet to get to the area.

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The return of some evacuees may result in lodging spaces freed up in Kamloops and other communities for new evacuees.

At last update earlier Monday, the Lytton Creek wildfire was still mapped at 11,060 hectares and still out of control.