Hanspeter Barth (76) experienced a record heat wave in Canada for the first time. He fears that his house may also be destroyed by the nearby forest fire.
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Barth lives with his wife in this self-constructed chalet. Since it’s so hot, they both currently live in the basement.
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One of them massively devastated the village of Lytton on Thursday.
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Here: Canadians cool off at the lake.
It is getting hot in Canada. The city of Lytton, in the province of British Columbia, measured 49.5 degrees last week – it’s never been this warmer in the North American country since records began! Extreme weather has consequences: The heat caused dozens of wildfires. It practically knocked Lytton to the ground on Thursday.
After Loo in Canada: In this way the flames quickly extinguish the whole place(01:19)
Residents are battling high temperatures. More than a hundred people have already died, and the heat has decimated them. Swiss expat Hanspeter Barth (76) is currently experiencing a mega heat wave first hand. “We have between 41 and 43 degrees here,” he tells Blick. Barth lives with his wife in a self-built chalet outside the small village of Harrop – in the province of British Columbia, which has been hit hard by the heat.
