Burned to the Ground: the Canadian village incinerated by record temperatures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2023
- The small village of Lytton in British Columbia hit the global media when it smashed Canada's highest temperature ever recorded in June 2021, at 49.6 degrees centigrade.
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Two days later, the entire village had burned to the ground. In the ashes of their homes, this cohesive but diverse community which includes a majority of First Nations residents had to confront the realities of climate displacement by being relocated away from their ancestral lands. Through the stories of three main protagonists we find a community searching for answers while relying on a collective spirit to heal.
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Lytton is still burnt to the ground. I just drove up there past Lytton last week and it was beyond heartbreaking. Not sure why but every time I drive through there I tear up. It rips my heart out to know the government covered up the CN/CP Freight train information and that Lytton is still a pile of rubble. A year later and our Provincial Government of British Columbia realizes it must have been the train but the federal government won’t press on about it anymore. Worst part of this whole debacle is the funds Trudeau promised NEVER EVER CAME HERE. WE HAD NO MILITARY ASSISTANCE NO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE LEFT ON OUR OWN. BRITISH COLUMBIANS ARE LEFT ON OUR OWN. 11:33 hit me so hard “I’m not comfortable cause this is not my home. I don’t see my mountains” that part hit my soul. The government wants to relocate us and leave our towns in shambles. We just want to GO HOME AND HOME IS LYTTON.
Evidence pointed to the fire starting at the church.
Trudeau is to busy in Ukraine to think about Canada 🇨🇦. He should be replaced immediately. You think the fire is bad.Forget the fire.Wait till there's no more food in Canada. They under estimate the Russians. Wait till Canada is being poisoned.Mr.Trudeau can't mine his own business.
@@jw-hy5nqevidence points to extremely high temperatures and dry conditions, like wildfires throughout Canada right now. What are you talking about?
Don't ever trust a government. We the people have to do it together, without help or influence from the government! We can do it match better! Power to the working people ❤. Greetings and lots of powerlove from the Netherlands
@@jolandameivogel9006 Greetings! You are so correct! Right now wildfires are burning in the province of Alberta next door. It’s the worst it’s ever been since the government didn’t allow farmers to do controlled burning earlier this year. People said that after a few days government help didn’t show up at homes so the people banded together and began fighting back the wildfires near the big cities, towns and farms. ❤️ We the people have the power in our hands. Don’t ever forget that we are many and governments are few that have attempted control.
Lytton was a beautiful little town. It had a great chinese restaurant and a sweet grocery store. It had history. it had people. it was special.
I remember eating at that Chinese restaurant on my way to Gang Ranch. It was right by the Fraser canyon! I really liked that small town. Really wanted to go back there to explore the area. Last time I drove by was in late July 2021, and nothing was left. 😢
I remember this. It was horrific. The entire town just burned to the ground in minutes. You lose a home to fire its terrible. You lose your entire town, how do you begin to work your way through that?
i get that poor man, am i in a movie or still sleeping , the grief is overwhelming
This brings back memories of many visits to this special place; standing mezmerised as a child, watching the the two great rivers flow together, cloudy and clear. I hope this little town will rise again.
The town's namesake was novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton whose most popular work was "The Last Days of Pompeii"
How ironic.
I had all of his first edition books from my great grandfather back in the 80s. Unfortunately the only one missing was 'It was a dark and stormy night' lol.
Hope their rebuilding has gone well. Earth needs triage. May humanity awaken soon.
Whoa, that is freaky.
As a BC resident I appreciate this doc so much. We do not hear much about Lytton’s situation and it’s not right. Nothings being done it seems.
I am so sorry to all the wonderful people who lost their homes , you lost your whole town. Sending blessings 🙏🏻🌎
most people aren't sorry. they still drive
Not only did they lose there home but they were prevented from going back and rebuilding
We had a fire just a month ago from a freight train. Lit up about 15 spots for a mile or so of track. I was there. Saw it happen. One hot and windy day. Could have taken our village out but we managed to get it put out after about 40 minutes.
Wow that is so lucky. I'm glad they were able to put it out before it destroyed your village
@@maddievictoria4947 I'm not even sure the railroad did anything . . . such as pay for the fire department coming to the scene. Their apparent lack of acknowledgement, especially in the case of the story of the destroyed village, is stunning.
@@donnavorce8856 The railroad companies (drivers), as part of their duty, will report any fires, with the fire department promising to respond within an hour. Train malfunctions can and do cause fires and on some of the larger/longer trains, the drivers are unlikely to notice.
Would a railway company admit to causing a fire, after the fact?
Unfortunately this is at least the third time the community has been burned down.
The picture that got me, was the camera on the Environment Canada weather station, it showed two shots of the smoke approaching, when the third one was due, nothing, the building was gone.
I had been going by that building in the summers, since the early 80's.
Thank you for stating that fact.✅️
Heartbreaking.
49.6C = 121F. 🔥
Sudan's highest recorded temperature is 49.7. Who would have ever thought that Canada and Sudan would be separated by only .1 C.
@@incensejunkie7516 I wonder what their highest ever recorded temperature is now, though?
Lytton was always subject to high temperatures; I believe it reached 112 degrees fahrenheit in about 1941. However the temperature reached in 2021 was the hottest ever recorded 49.6 C (121.3 F).
That's right. In some areas of the interior of BC, you can say there are arid, almost desert like conditions. I've never been there but l no you can certainly find cacti there you'd expect to see in a desert!
Yeah Lytton's always the hottest place in BC in the summer. 49C was nuts though.
I doubt Lytton will ever be built back. My opinion, the government won’t invest in infrastructure that is subject to environmental collapse, save for certain highways and bridges. However, if they admit there is a problem, then they have to be responsible for coming up with solutions. The First Nations in the area have always known where Lytton was built was in a wind tunnel in the valley, which were perfect conditions for that fire from the heat dome.
I would also argue that the west in general, regardless of being in Canada or the States, is pretty much on their own. Only one summer of forest fire smoke hitting Ottawa and now New York, and finally the federal governments are calling a crisis, springing to action? It’s been near a decade of orange skies and carcinogenic air out west ever summer.
Take the situation of Lytton as a warning for the future.
Such a huge loss. I am so sorry.
As someone who lives in BC, this incredible story about a community wiped out by wildfire is very impactful. I'm beyond thankful of where I live and the amount of fields, rivers and valleys surrounding our city. It's also incredible to see how our community pulled together for not just one but two massive evacuations this year (Donnie Creek fire, north of Fort St. John and the West Kiskatinaw fire near Tumbler Ridge) Dawson Creek really made sure these evacuees were taken care of, my place of employment even made sure that all evacuee's got a discount on all purchases and donated many essential items to our evacuation center
Prayers for Canadians today!
What? NO, the town burned down from a FIRE on the tracks, NOT TEMPERATURE!
It was both. The temp hit 46C that day… everything was very hot & dry… all it took was sparks from the train.
the "train on fire" rolled through Lytton. Yes the temperature was off the chart
but the fire would not have happened if the train never rolled through town while the train was on fire!!!!
My thanks for the making of this video full of courageous people who lost their homes and their town in the heat dome of June 30/21. I'm sending you light and love to help your lovely town regrow, as the flowers have regrown. And I hope that this hot, dry June 2023 will keep fires away from Lytton. Yours in Gratitude
Ì saved the video of the train on fire rolling into Lytton on June 30th.
we were there a week before it happened and even then it was 37c while having lunch at the cafe no longer there. due the the 1940's & 50's construction a lot of asbestos, lead and other materials now a health hazards has to be cleaned up before leveling and construction starts. it will be a while.
Almost a year ago. This week I’m wearing N95 in Ottawa. We have learned nothing 😢
Lytton burned nearly two years ago.
We have learned that most of these fires are set by humans, some environmental warriors working to dramatize climate change at the expense of lives, habitat and property.
SAME! In British Columbia here and Lytton is still nothing but rubble. The Trudeau government failed to investigate CN/CP Properly and see the freight train caused this terrible disaster! Now B.C is burning again and our highways in certain areas are completely destroyed again. Lytton is still rubble. I’m shocked our provincial and federal governments have not realized the damage wildfires can cause! Now Trudeau is blaming all the economic issues on the wildfires! When will we get a leader with a brain!
Dont forget B.C. interior ( Okanagan ) burned 2 years ago, massive fires and heavy losses..
My dad checked his outside thermometer just a couple of hours before the fire started there and he was getting a temperature of about 52°
😲👁👁I can believe it! But, was the thermometer completely in the shade?
@@WhiteWith2DreamyEyes I'm not too sure. He never mentioned if it was or not.
121.28 F. wow! But... I advise everyone read the comments to find the truth to this story.
I am so sorry for your loss. May you be back in homes soon.
It won’t happen anytime soon. Our federal government is beyond corrupted under Trudeau and he’s taken all the money for wildfire control and provincial rebuilds during natural disasters and have sent it to Ukraine. Our federal government turned its back on the Provincial Governments and all we British Columbian’s want is to go home to OUR TOWNS AND CITIES! We are not going to move to another town! But we’re tired of fighting a fight that seems like a loss every day Trudeau remains in power. It’s beyond tragic. Canada is beautiful but our government is just as bad as America.
VERY SAD,I really feel for the residents of that scenic,picturesc area.I hope you eventually rebuild.
Very well crafted film, tells a powerful story. We shouldn't forget and we should learn from this.
We won't.
Aluminum oxide found in geoengineering sprays are an accelerant.. this is a horrible tragic story!! 😢
as someone who knows people from there and the area well... There was alot of strange things around this fire. Yes it's dry... yes there are fires ... Yes some are manmade .. I would ask the train conductor why he didn't stop sooner when they discovered the train box on fire. Lots of trains on fire /derailments lately (USA ) . Just trying to put the pieces together...
Your identity, ❤. This is how healing happens after tragedy. Reseed, pass the knowledge and provide direction on how to survive and move forward. A hard road, but worth doing. Prayers for continued courage and strength from Burns Lake, BC! ❤
a terrible event in a beautiful part of the world
😢❤🇨🇦 Stay strong Canada
we are plagued by carbrains. at least half of us are guzzling oil daily
I feel their pain & pray they will be home soon
When investigating a fire incident its fairly easy to track down the origin of the fire they must take in count the wind conditions but it's doable.
how aweful, seeing this while Alberta, BC, and NS burns really gives u the human side of the loss instead of only ever seeing natures side. it makes me think of all the deadly fires over the centuries and wonder.... Lytton still had it`s cement steps and stone walls, chimneys, so HOW have we lost so many historic buildings that were made from the same materials?
Neglect.
We just kinda move on...
I live in Lillooet, BC. (about 64km’s from Lytton). The lack of progress with regard to rebuilding Lytton is astounding. Yes, there are steps, a process, but government inaction has been irresponsible and cruel. I hope residents will have homes in Lytton soon…💔
I’ve just spent too much time this evening watching gripping stories of war, foolish political choices and natural disasters and the effects on people. There is too much that pains me and I need a break. Please, people, before we lose everything, be kind to each other. We’re all we have.
my regrets from Ukraine😢
So sorry as it was a very nice place.
Just like Redding and Paradise California 🧏🏽♀️
Lytton, British Columbia fire was started by a Canadian Railway Train that had sparks flying from it's wheels as it sped through the town area. There is documented video footage that clearly shows this event happening. The documentary shown here is wrong to say that the town fire was a result of record temperatures. Further to add to the fire "once it was started by the CN train" was the lack of response from the provincial government to provide honest protection. There is a cover-up happening and the story is being whitewashed by such stories as this. Do your research and reveal the truth!!! The provincial parties responsible rely on news agencies like the Guardian to reinforce this lies.
Further to this story is that Lytton is an town made up of Indigenous people
yes .. promoting climate change crisis
There was a freight car of lumber on a train that was on fire several miles south of town just after this fire started so it's obvious that this fire was started by that train.
Thank you I was reading the comments as I figured there was more to it from the start
Even the news reported it started by the tracks.
Yes the train started it. Because of the heat and fire danger. The town went up like a match BECAUSE of the record temperatures. Everything was so dry. So yes the train was the cause, but the climate is the reason it burnt to the ground.
Heartbreaking ❤
We stayed 2 nights in Totem Motel in 2014 on vacation from Norway, beautiful town for trainspotters. Going back there next month, hope to drive through to see what it looks like now.
What have we done to this planet?!
My heart goes out to those folks.
Thank you for this , I know some of those people and breaks my heart seeing this. Just this past summer our reserve almost burned down thankfully it didn’t (Casper Creek Fire)
This is just one exemple of what we are producing to our planet.
Build back better.
Actually there is video proof the fire was started by a train, saw the video myself. Nothing to do with temperature, two years later taxpayers are still waiting for the help they were promised.
Makes me question whether this was orchestrated like the fires are right now. Heartbreaking for the residents.
May 13, 2022 then Federal Minister Bill Blair, Minister of Emergency Preparedness , along with other federal ministers and dignitaries announced a $416 million in disaster funding was to be allocated to those who lost their homes in 2021. It was later that Summer of 2022 , that I reached out to my MP in Kamloops requesting if the funds had been transferred. In a letter, I was told that the funds had indeed been transferred to our province. No one in the Monte Lake area who lost their home in the White Rock Lake Fire received any help in regards to these funds to rebuild their homes.
This is heartbreaking and I cry every time I hear the stories and the fact that this town is not yet rebuilt. It is 3 years now , unacceptable.
Where did the $416 million go ?
Get this town rebuilt. I find it frustrating that we send money to other countries in time of crisis but can’t even rebuild a small town here in BC , Canada. Time to get Lytonnites home.
Every one of us belongs in a community.Where ever we live,we need to support OUR community AND others when they are in need .They should get together and rebuild that village !Construction and building companies as well as the B/C government need to get together and DO this .Heartbreaking ❤❤❤
Can someone get the plates for that woman? 😢
Such a gorgeous part of BC. What is the state of Linton a year later I wonder? 😢
Lytton burned down nearly two years ago. So far it has been cleaned up but nothing has been rebuilt.
Lytton is still burnt to the ground. I just drove up there past Lytton last week and it was beyond heartbreaking. Not sure why but every time I drive through there I tear up. It rips my heart out to know the government covered up the CN/CP Freight train information and that Lytton is still a pile of rubble. A year later and our Provincial Government of British Columbia realizes it must have been the train but the federal government won’t press on about it anymore. Worst part of this whole debacle is the funds Trudeau promised NEVER EVER CAME HERE. WE HAD NO MILITARY ASSISTANCE NO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE LEFT ON OUR OWN. BRITISH COLUMBIANS ARE LEFT ON OUR OWN. 11:33 hit me so hard “I’m not comfortable cause this is not my home. I don’t see my mountains” that part hit my soul. The government wants to relocate us and leave our towns in shambles. We just want to GO HOME AND HOME IS LYTTON.
Has anyone started a gofundme for Lytton?
can't see this film it is distorted out .. not sure why
there was a train that caused this
I saw a tik Tok of the train and small fire as it happened. they scrubbed this info from the net
I can believe that. Tears in my eyes.😢
Lytton was badly damaged by wildfires in 1931, 1938 and 1949 but was rebuilt each time. It was burned to the ground in 2021. Yes, it was devastation to those living there, and as yet has not been rebuilt. Should it be rebuilt this time? I'm not so sure. Not unless there is major technology improvements with water systems and building materials, to at least give the people a chance the next time a fire goes through. And, there will be a next time.
Yes the weather is changing, it has been changing for a very long time. This is a natural occurrence, although man has made some significant negligible decisions to destroy our earth.
True north and magnetic north have changed, something that has occurs before in time.
Yes, this losing a town is very tragic,scary and life changing but man causes more fires than lightening or heat/cold.
I can appreciate people looking for causes but blaming climate change for everything is wrong. I would guess the fire was started by a camper or someone in the forest.
I would like to know where exactly the fire came from in town or out of town. It looked like it was outside the residence.
I hope the people of Lytton stay, rebuild and continue their heritage there.
I am certain it was caused by a train. In other words, by man. Lytton has always been extremely hot & dry in the summer, and I for one, always was afraid this may happen eventually. Tears in my eyes.😢
Love how the stone chimney is the only thing that remained... because it was made of rock. When they rebuild you can be sure they'll just use wood and other cheap / lightweight / flammable materials once more... gotta please the shareholders!
Could happen here too
Didn't shut Dr. Charles Hoffe up though, did it.
How many of these fires are deliberately lit?
Climate change is destroying the planet, a deliberate act.
Yes I would like to know how much is arson how much is campfires tossed cigarettes etc. too but regardless the provincial response is not adequate they often just shrug and blame climate change though they know it happens every year they don't budget enough for over head water bombers etc. Just like in the winter they don't budget for snow plows they should be prepared for dry hot weather and snow also it's Canada.
@@annalisavajda252 nope. Everything you are saying is nonsense.
@@sentientflower7891 you have no arguments
I lived in the Canyon not far from Lytton for 15 yrs, I worked with first nations and heard many stories, including those of great fires. The region is hot and dry for geologic and geographic reasons, always has been. We silly humans have only been keeping climate data records for 150 years, that coincides with the termination of the lowest temperature period on earth in the past 10,000 yrs- this is indisputable fact. Civilization is not much older than 10,000 yrs. Our entire global civilization emerged and developed in this period. Unfortunately, we built in all the wrong places in terms of sustainability in the face of inevitable climate change. We are doomed because of our ignorance and our hubris; we will not alter climate change no matter what we do- the earth is in control, not us and failure to acknowledge this simple truth will be our extinction. We move and adapt or we perish.
🙏🙏🙏 Canada.
weather didn't cause it to burn,
And also arson.
Is that you Premier Smith?
Arson destroys lives
😢
This will also become the story for so many communities (and ecosystems) in the future due to continued failure to act and wilful resistance of politicians and big business to change their ideology and activities in regard to carbon emissions and the loss of biodiversity crisis. We must all play our part and also be activists when necessary to change the potentially disastrous 'lifestyle' many choose to follow and buy into
Art jack_ was z wonderful Newton fireman
😞
Maybe ask Uncle Sam to shut down HAARP for real this time. 😉
🙏
Deliberate
If only California would burn past the ground
Law of karma
Live and let live
May gid help poor villager
Celebration of global warming aka capitalism 🎉
It was arson.
All driving fossil fuel folly wagons.
Far too many fires are human caused. This fire, as roughly 2/3s of all wildfires, was likely human caused. Lightning strikes are fairly constant at 10 - 15% which leaves about ~15% to "other". Wildfires have been decreasing in both number and area burned since 1990 [source is Environment Canada] . Also, Wildfires are roughly 5 - 6 times LESS in burned acreage since 1900 [US Dept of Interior - though the database pre 1986 was removed from public servers in January 2022; there are archived copies available] . Additionally, the number of deliberately set fires has been increasing, including many currently burning [June 2023]. Lytton burned due to the unfortunate combination of a likely human cause and sparked exactly upwind of town on a windy day. Temperatures, while high, were only a bit above normal for that time of year. Lytton regularly sets Provincial and National high temperatures annually. Massive fires like this one are a common event, almost annual, in the area. This piece is very emotive and really short on facts and context, but for that we can thank the Guardian for its usual take. It is unfortunate the town was burned, but it isn't the first time for this or several others in the region.
plus the piece never explained at what precise air temp do woods start to combust :-)
@Gear Omad you're kidding right?
@@oliviachipperfield6029 I really don’t know much here. I just follow experts like Trudeau. If he says that climate caused the big fire, then …
@@gearoiddom you shouldn't because Trudeau is no expert and it shows.
Climate warfare...geo-engineering at work.
One word......ARSON
Terrible
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Don’t worry, it’s only infrastructure. You still have the land in your life
There were fatalities.
2 years later that’s still all it is , no building permits issued. Useless government
We know the truth.
which is what? please enlighten us.
@@toddgibson6817
Putin did it.
Every woman and man should stand up for the Release of innocent "Prisoner 650".
If you own a car, you caused this
... and record arson in 2021.
Probably done on purpose because a doctor from here was brave enough to question why his patients were having bad reactions to the vaccines.
omg who wrote this? Greta Thurnberg?
Well it's the Guardian, so basically yes.
It was Arson
Living in Greece, where alas every summer we have to deal with wild fires due to high temperatures (and some people's stupidity) I thought of Canada as a too humid and low in temperature country for such terrible phenomena.
every year we have forest fires in western Canada especially. But in the past generation it's gotten a lot worse. Just because many parts of Canada get cold in the winter doesn't mean we don't or can't have hot summers in much of the country.
::: There are parts of BC that are actually the northern tip of the Mexican Sonoran desert.
@@dallimamma Actually, its a rainshadow desert and is not part of the Sonoran desert even though it is basically contiguous with it. The coast mountains block the rain coming from the west.
@@ALuimes ::: Spent summers in the Okanagan, and on Sonora Island, was told by a retired geologist.
This is what American voters have chosen for the world. Enjoy.
This was Canada, you poor deluded soul...😒
If we can fly to the moon why can't we fix this problem. How many votes would it get? Priorities are not socially orientated. VOTES are. Keep the seat, get more votes! No politician really cares about fires.
They really don't care about people either.
Looks like another controlled burn by lasers. Who owns the property in that town now??
Heartbreaking.