Whitehorse Daily Star

Lightning ignites new blazes

Close to 2,600 lightning strikes, most of which touched down in central Yukon, have resulted in four new fires in Dawson City and one in Mayo. Fire crews were busy Thursday and overnight working to extinguish the fires, Wildland Fire Management officials said today.

By Whitehorse Star on June 16, 2006

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