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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, August 5, 2025.

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Hundreds of people have now been forced to evacuate

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as the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island

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continues to grow. It's now well over 500 hectares,

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out of control and continuing to expand. Heavy

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equipment, planes and helicopters, specialists

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and more than 160 crew have been brought in.

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The area includes Little Qualicum Falls Provincial

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Park and spots next to Highway 4. Drivers are

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being warned to prepare for sudden changes between

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Parksville and Port Alberni. Meanwhile, smoke

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from the Wesley Ridge fire is starting to impact

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the air quality on Vancouver Island. Air quality

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advisories have been posted for Nanaimo, Parksville,

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Qualicum Beach and Neuse Bay. Those in the B

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.C. interior are also dealing with bad air from

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a host of fires. Air quality bulletins are up

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for the Fraser Canyon, Okanagan, Caribou and

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South Thompson. Other news. Breaking news, a

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lack of doctors has forced two nights of emergency

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room closures at Delta Hospital over the long

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weekend. Fraser Health announced the ER would

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not reopen until 6 .30 Tuesday morning. On -staff

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nurses have been providing some care and redirecting

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patients to other hospitals. A Langley stretch

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of Highway 1 was closed for several hours Saturday

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night. by a fatal motorcycle crash. The rider

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was heading west between 264th and 248th Streets.

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When the crash occurred, the West Lanes did not

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reopen until 5 o 'clock on Sunday morning. The

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forecast, a mix of sun and cloud for Tuesday,

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gusty winds at times, clouds with a chance of

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showers for Wednesday, and a mix of sun and cloud

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for Thursday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories, Along with those links,

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go to VancouverRundown .Substack .com.