The Fraser Valley Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for properties near a wildfire between Yale and Spuzzum, while smoke from the blaze has spurred an air quality warning for the province’s eastern Fraser Valley.

The regional district says the alert covers properties on both sides of the Fraser River between the two communities north of Hope due to the Sailor Bar wildfire.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says the blaze was discovered Saturday and is believed to be human caused.

The Metro Vancouver Regional District issued an air quality warning Sunday over elevated smog in the eastern parts of the metro area, and because of elevated wildfire smoke levels caused by the Sailor Bar blaze in the eastern Fraser Valley.

Metro Vancouver says the smog warning will likely last into Mon

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