Sparks from an RCMP vehicle mishap ignited fire threatening Lytton | Unpublished
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Author: Andrea Woo
Publication Date: July 3, 2025 - 21:47

Sparks from an RCMP vehicle mishap ignited fire threatening Lytton

July 3, 2025
An RCMP equipment failure is responsible for igniting a wildfire near Lytton, B.C., stirring painful memories for a community that is still rebuilding after being levelled by fire four years earlier. A Mountie who was in the area searching for a missing swimmer was towing a police boat along Highway 12 northeast of the village in B.C.’s Interior on Canada Day when a wheel ejected from the right side of the trailer, causing a fire in a grass-filled ditch, said B.C. RCMP spokesman Staff Sergeant Kris Clark.


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