UPDATE: Evacuation alerts issued as BC Wildfire Service battles fire near Lytton

“The west flank of the fire was burning in grassy fuel types which have mostly burnt out,” Julia Munro with the Lytton First Nation said in a post on social media. “Crews are focusing along the north flank of the fire, establishing hose lay and using direct attack methods on the fire’s edge.”

Munro said structure protection assessment work is being conducted, and that the Lytton First Nation is supporting BC Wildfire Service crews with a water tender.

“They also have a crew conducting proactive fuel mitigation work on properties in the vicinity of the fire,” Munro added.

There are currently 12 BC Wildfire firefighters and one Response Officer attending to this wildfire, according to Munro.

This fire comes exactly four years to the day when a wildfire tore through the nearby Village of Lytton, and levelled much of the community. The June 30, 2021 fire also killed two people and it was sparked just one day after Lytton hit a Canadian temperature record of 49.6 C.

Residents in the Fraser Canyon community remain determined to see the rebuild through.

This story will be updated when new information becomes available.

– With files from Mike Vanden Bosch/ Fraser Valley Today