{"id":95414,"date":"2025-08-25T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/95414\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:26:09","slug":"new-wildfire-north-of-yale-b-c-prompts-evacuation-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/95414\/","title":{"rendered":"New wildfire north of Yale, B.C., prompts evacuation alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A new wildfire north of Yale in B.C.\u2019s Fraser Canyon prompted an evacuation alert on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756110368_560_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Sailor Bar fire, about seven kilometres north of Yale, is mapped at about 50 hectares in size and is out of control.<\/p>\n<p>The Fraser Valley Regional District issued the evacuation order for the area of Yale north to Spuzzum Creek Road, including both east and west sides of the Fraser River.<\/p>\n<p>The alert includes:<\/p>\n<p>Yale, Electoral Area BProperties on Spuzzum Creek RoadPrivate Properties on both the east and west side of the Fraser River from Yale north to Spuzzum Creek RoadCrown lands in the mapped area\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756110369_865_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was discovered late on Aug. 23 and was initially mapped at two to three hectares.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The BC Wildfire Service said a helicopter equipped with night-vision technology worked on the fire overnight but the blaze is in steep, difficult-to-access terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple aviation and ground resources were responding on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The fire is burning at Rank 2 intensity, which means a surface fire with visible, open flames and a slow rate of spread, and an unorganized or inconsistent flame front.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11348144\/retaliatory-tariffs-removed-items-cheaper-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756110369_454_orange-juice.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWith 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