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British Columbia’s minister of forests says there were reports of ash falling from the sky Monday night in Lytton as fire crews battle a wildfire near the community that was devastated by a separate blaze in 2021. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says residents of at least five properties south of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon have been warned to prepare for evacuation because of a wildfire that is out of control. The Lytton First Nation and the Skuppah First Nation are threatened by the same fire that is about 1.5 square-kilometres in size. Minister Ravi Parmar says it is a “challenging time (with) a lot of uncertainty” for the people of Lytton… Cliff Chapman, with the BC Wildfire Service, says from a tactical perspective fighting the blaze in the Lytton area is challenged by heat, terrain and wind, but he’s confident the right resources are fighting the fire.