FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: 90% OF LYTTON B.C. DESTROYED BY FIRE!

'Most homes' in Lytton, B.C., destroyed by catastrophic fire, minister says....More than 1,000 people fled village and surrounding area; RCMP working to find those unaccounted for,,,,,,Dozens of families forced to flee their homes as a catastrophic fire devastated a small village in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon are now working to find loved ones scattered in the evacuations, while emergency officials urgently try to account for everybody in the community.

More than 1,000 people living in and around Lytton, B.C., northeast of Vancouver, were forced to leave with little notice Wednesday. They raced out of town as smoke and flames virtually decimated the entire community in one of the most destructive fire emergencies in recent memory.

The province said Thursday the loss includes "most homes" and structures in the village, as well as the local ambulance station and RCMP detachment. The local member of parliament said 90 per cent of the village is gone.

Online community groups were filled with posts from people desperate for information about family, friends and pets left behind. The challenge will be trying to confirm where residents went and connect them with their families, officials said.

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"We are receiving calls from people looking for family and loved ones as well, and it's really hard because of power outages and cellphone towers being down, but we're working on that," Scott Hildebrand, chief administrative officer with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, told CBC News early Thursday..