Federal government gives $77 million for new fire-resistant buildings in Lytton, B.C.

The federal government is promising a total of 77 million dollars to rebuild the Village of Lytton, including 64 million dollars to help pay for fire-resistant public buildings.

Harjit Sajjan, the minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, was in Lytton this morning to make the announcement.

He says the federal government has also pledged just over seven million dollars to rebuild area businesses and six million dollars to support the reconstruction of homes.

Two people died last June 30th and almost every building in Lytton was destroyed when a wildfire swept through the Fraser Canyon community during a searing heat wave that reached 49.6 Celsius the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada.