Alberta wildfires: Rain may offer relief as Alberta rallies to battle wildfires abfire
“We are looking forward to a brief reprieve — possibly in the next few days — as cooler weather comes up through the province that may give firefighters a chance to catch their breath,” she said.due for the Edmonton area, but but also an embedded threat of an evening thunderstorm, which holds the power to ignite more flames.
Farther west, the 3,500 hectare wildfire threatening Drayton Valley, about 140 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, had helicopters and 26 firefighters responding, and was expecting air-tanker support on Saturday. The Town of Drayton Valley said the blaze has grown to nearly 5,000 hectares in aAfter Drayton Valley and surrounding Brazeau County residents were ordered to evacuate Thursday night, more than 1,000 people registered at the Edmonton EXPO Centre reception site by Saturday afternoon.
Farther south, some residents of O’Chiese First Nation, roughly 230 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, have fled the community, which is under an evacuation alert as a 51,000 hectare fire burns nearby.At Fox Lake, about 500 kilometres north of Edmonton, an out-of-control fire reached 16,390 hectares.
The 1,000 hectare, human-caused fire south of Grande Prairie, about 532 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, prompted the surrounding county to evacuate a 10 kilometre radius around the fire. But as of Saturday, smoke has affected the ability of aircrafts to respond. The fire appears to have grown to 1,500 hectares.
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