Yukon fly-in community of Old Crow ordered evacuated due to wildfire risk
The remote fly-in community of Old Crow in Yukon has been ordered evacuated due to a weather change that increases the risk of wildfires.
The community of approximately 250 people, located about 800 kilometres north of Whitehorse, has been under an evacuation alert since Aug. 3 because of several wildfires burning nearby. Sharon Nickel, a fire information officer with the Prince George Fire Centre, said Wednesday that favourable weather and rainfall coupled with suppression activities caused the fire service to reclassify the blaze, but it is still considered out of control.
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen also rescinded its state of local emergency related to the nearly 71-square-kilometre Eagle Bluff wildfire just west of Osoyoos.
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