Residents have fled a small Canadian mountain village as wildfires raged during an unprecedented heatwave that triggered a large spike in sudden deaths.

At least 486 sudden deaths were recorded across the last five days in British Columbia, an increase of 195 per cent on normal levels, as Canada’s westernmost province wilted under record temperatures.

At 6pm on Wednesday evening, Lytton’s 250 inhabitants were told by the mayor, Jan Polderman, to evacuate to the nearby community of Boston Bar as flames tore through the village.

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