There's been fire in the area for days. Did they have any sprinklers set up? Fire guards being built? No. I don't think they had any resources there until now which is too late obviously.
This is fire county, so we’re perhaps more prepared than Nepal is for Tsunamis, but still Lytton apparently has 1 fire truck, there are fires all over the province so we’re not all just focusing on Lytton, and this swept the town in ~15 minutes. Sprinklers aren’t going to cut it. These are massive fires.
BC had more than a millions acres burned a couple years ago. 85% of the damn province is forest, ravaged by beetle. Lots of tinder just waiting to catch fire, no excuse.
