Fire-Ravaged Lytton, BC, Could Soon ‘Thrive Again,’ Says Insurance Bureau of Canada

Fire-Ravaged Lytton, BC, Could Soon ‘Thrive Again,’ Says Insurance Bureau of Canada
A helicopter carrying a water bucket flies past a pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, produced by the Lytton Creek wildfire burning in the mountains above Lytton, B.C., on Aug. 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The Insurance Bureau of Canada says there is now a path to begin the recovery for Lytton, B.C., almost a year after two people died and most of the community was destroyed by a wildfire.

A statement from bureau vice-president Aaron Sutherland says debris removal is starting on insured properties in the village, raising hopes that Lytton will “soon return as a thriving community.”