Official imported history · British Columbia

Lytton Creek Wildfire (2021)

BC Wildfire Service lists the Lytton Creek wildfire (K71086) as an 83,671-hectare Wildfire of Note discovered on June 30, 2021. FireRadar preserves the Province's historical incident record rather than reconstructing the event from modern map observations.

Year
2021
Reported area
83,671 ha
Fire ID / discovery
K71086
June 30, 2021
Cause
Undetermined
Only shown when the cited source supplies it.
Why this event matters

Historical significance

The fire is one of the defining incidents of British Columbia's severe 2021 season and remains a high-value historical search and research destination. Its historical page is kept separate from current incident status and from FireRadar's retained observation archive, which begins in 2026.

Official source

BC Wildfire Service — Wildfire Season Summary. Province-published annual season summaries and Wildfires of Note tables with source-reported fire identifiers, area, discovery dates and cause fields where supplied.

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What this page does not claim

This is not a live incident page, a complete reconstruction of every operational update, a current evacuation or restriction source, or proof of a fire's exact perimeter at a particular moment. Current decisions should use current official sources.

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