LYTTON — More than a week after a wildfire swept through town, Lytton’s main street is an alien place. The town on the banks of the muddy Fraser River is dramatically altered. Only a handful of structures remain, including the post office and church, and there is a dreadful symmetry to the grey ruins.
Trucks with melted wheels sit outside charred shops. Brick chimneys anchor piles of debris. A picket fence encloses the ashy ruins of a house. Skeleton trees border a lawn that is somehow still green.
Power lines lie in tangles on the sidewalks. Several buildings seem to have collapsed, while others were incinerated. Gone is the clinic, the RCMP detachment and an assisted-living home.
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