Six Homes Destroyed, No Injuries Reported in ‘Daunting’ Wildfire West of Lytton, BC

A wildfire blazing just west of Lytton, B.C., as shown in this handout image provided the BC Wildfire Service has now scorched five square kilometres of trees and bush, more than doubling in size in less than 12 hours. The Canadian Press/HO-BC Wildfire Service

A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said Friday.

John Haugen, deputy chief of the Lytton First Nation, said conditions are challenging, a day after the blaze broke out nearly two kilometres northwest of Lytton on the other side of the Fraser River.