Wheel Fell Off RCMP Trailer, Sparking Lytton, BC, Fire That Triggered Evacuations

Wheel Fell Off RCMP Trailer, Sparking Lytton, BC, Fire That Triggered Evacuations
The Izman Creek fire burning north of Lytton, B.C. is seen in this handout photo on July 2, 2025. The Canadian Press/Handout—BC Wildfire Service
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Mounties say a wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C., was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in what was a “tremendously unfortunate” incident.

Staff Sgt. Kris Clark said in a statement released Thursday that the “equipment failure” that sparked the Izman Creek fire, about 250 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, happened on Tuesday afternoon on Highway 12.