Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, July 30th, 2025.
Wildfire crews are on edge. Concerned ash from
a nearby fire could rain down on Lytton. A 200
-hectare wildfire is burning south of Lytton
as the village deals with dry conditions and
temperatures nearing 40 degrees. Evacuation alerts
are in place for properties on the west side
of the Fraser River across from Lytton. More
than 60 wildfires are currently burning in B
.C. Other news, a fire in a low -rise apartment
building next to the UBC campus has left two
people injured. Other residents made it to the
roof of the building and had to be rescued by
fire crews. The blaze broke out at around 2 .30
Tuesday afternoon. There's no early word on the
cause. A driver from White Rock is now before
the courts after being caught behind the wheel
with a blood alcohol level four times the legal
limit. It happened Friday night on North Bluff
Road. RCMP say the vehicle was swerving all over
the road. They describe it as a very dangerous
situation. A B .C. tribunal has ruled WestJet
must pay passengers, two of them, $2 ,000 for
canceled flights. The resolution tribunal ruled
the airline failed to provide sufficient evidence
that bad weather forced its cancellation. The
two passengers will get $1 ,000 each after WestJet
rescheduled their St. John's to Vancouver flights
in early March of 2022. The passengers presented
undisputed evidence that a customer service agent
said the flight was canceled due to rescheduling,
not the weather. Wednesday will be sunny and
perhaps the hottest day so far this year. Inland
highs around 31 degrees. Sunny on Thursday, clouds
and the slight chance of showers on Friday. For
all the details on these local Vancouver area
stories, along with the links, go to vancouverrundown
.substack .com.