WHITEHORSE, YUKON — Yukon's government says sustained storms over the last two weeks have caused a spike in lightning-triggered wildfires, resulting in poor air quality and fire evacuation alerts.
WHITEHORSE, YUKON — Yukon's government says sustained storms over the last two weeks have caused a spike in lightning-triggered wildfires, resulting in poor air quality and fire evacuation alerts.
The territory says there are 78 active fires in Yukon, and all but two of those blazes are in the Dawson and Mayo fire districts. The 320-hectare Roaring Fork wildfire continues to burn out-of-control about 15 kilometres north of Mayo, while the 17,000-hectare Wrong Lake fire burns between Stewart Crossing and Pelly Crossing, Yukon.
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