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A new wildfire between Hope and Spuzzum, B.C., along Highway 1, has led the Fraser Valley Regional District and Spuzzum First Nation to issue evacuation alerts. An evacuation alert requires residents to be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. The regional district’s alert currently affects about 240 people over 85 properties on the east and west side of the Fraser River between Spuzzum and Yale, according to Samantha Piper, Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) communications manager. …The blaze, dubbed the Sailor Bar wildfire, was discovered late Saturday night on the east side of the Fraser River, opposite Highway 1, seven kilometres north of Yale. The fire, which measured 120 hectares in size as of Sunday evening, is classified as out of control, meaning it is expected to spread beyond its current perimeter. …the fire is burning at Rank 2, which is an open visible flame front and a slower rate of spread.