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A wildfire has burned 90% of the village that recorded Canada's highest ever temperature..

It caused extensive damage to Lytton, in British Columbia, and to surrounding critical infrastructure.

Lytton's mayor, Jan Polderman, who earlier ordered people to evacuate, told Newshour's Tim Franks how flames spread through the village in just 15 minutes.

(Photo shows flames rising from a burning building along a street during a wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: 2 RIVERS REMIX SOCIETY/VIMEO.2RMX.CA/Reuters)