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Evacuation alert for Stewart Crossing, Yukon, ends

The alert — which is not an evacuation order — was issued June 26 for the central Yukon community and the area between kilometres 522 and 538 on the highway.

Alert was put in place on June 26 over wildfire threat

A widlfire is seen from above, burning beside a road.
A wildfire burns near the North Klondike Highway south of Stewart Crossing, Yukon, June 2024. (Yukon Protective Services)

An evacuation alert issued on June 26 for Stewart Crossing, Yukon, and a stretch of the North Klondike Highway has ended. 

The alert — which is not an evacuation order — was issued for the central Yukon community and the area between kilometres 522 and 538 on the highway due to a nearby wildfire.

In a news release Friday afternoon, the Yukon government said the risk "has diminished due to reduced fire weather, rainfall and containment achieved by wildland fire crews."