Evacuation orders to be issued near Lytton, B.C. as Highway 1 closed by wildfire
Posted on: Jun 20, 2026 09:48 IST | Posted by: Cbc
Evacuation ar go down to be issued nigh edward george earle bulwer-lytton, B.C., due to a wildfire, according to the Thompson-Nicola Regional dominion (TNRD).
Evacuation alerts are also in place for residents of Lytton as well as some members of the Lytton First Nation due to the Saw Creek wildfire.
The fire is burning around three kilometres south of the village, leading to the closure of Highway 1 nearby.
In a post on social media, the TNRD said a formal evacuation order will be issued for residents of Electoral Area I, covering an area just southeast of the village of Lytton.
Shae Stearns, a fire information officer with the B.C. Wildfire Service, said just before 8 p.m. PT that the fire was burning over an area of 100 hectares close to the highway and nearby structures.
"Hot and dry conditions have been present throughout the day and throughout the past couple days," she said.
"So it has made fuels highly susceptible to ignition. So we are expecting additional growth on that size as well."
An evacuation alert has been issued for residents of Lytton, as well as for residents of the Lytton First Nation north of the Klahkamich 17 reserve.
Evacuation alerts say residents should be ready to leave at a moment's notice, but are not evacuation orders, which mean residents should leave immediately.
Stearns said that aerial resources were helping ground crews battling the fire on Friday night, with structure protection specialists also pressed into action.
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DriveBC said that Highway 1 was closed in both directions just after 6 p.m. PT between Ashcroft and Boston Bar due to the fire.
Commuters have been told to take the Coquihalla Highway or Highway 97C as alternate routes.
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DriveBC said there was no estimated reopening time for the stretch of Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon, as of 9 p.m. PT on Friday.
The Village of Lytton was all but destroyed in a June 2021 wildfire that was sparked amid record heat.
Rebuilding progress has been slow in the village in the years since.
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