“In Canada, there was a town called Lytton. I say was because, on June 30, it burned to the ground.”
—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Glasgow, November 2021
British Columbia’s 2021 wildfire season began on June 17, when a fire was reported on George Road, seven kilometres south of Lytton. An Environment Canada warning on June 23 announced that the weather was about to get dangerously hot. Residents were urged to check on friends and neighbours and make sure they stayed cool and were drinking enough water.
