Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Chuck Chiang
Publication Date: June 22, 2025 - 14:44
Yukon wildfires growing rapidly as multiple communities remain on evacuation alert
June 22, 2025
The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld" height="3029" width="4986"/>Firefighters in Yukon say the wildfire that has put about 100 homes on evacuation alert near Dawson has grown rapidly due to recent weather conditions and is now measured at 15 square kilometres in size.An update posted to Yukon Protective Services’ Facebook page says the Quebec Creek fire is now 10 kilometres away from Upper West Dawson, and direct action on the blaze is “difficult” due to the fire’s intensity.
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