RCMP equipment failure ignites Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nono Shen and Brieanna Charlebois
Publication Date: July 3, 2025 - 14:14

RCMP equipment failure ignites Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations

July 3, 2025

Mounties say a wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C. was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in a “tremendously unfortunate” incident.

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



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