The uncontrollable wildfire in Alberta caused evacuations and closures. In the whole season, the BC has not faced any wildfire but its east side neighbour is not so lucky. The communities in the affected areas are on mandatory evacuation. Here we are going to discuss Alberta Wildfire in detail.
Alberta Wildfire:
The evacuation was ordered at 4 PM. Despite the ongoing flames, Highway 16 is open for travellers whereas the Highway 35 remains closed.
On Monday, 4000 residents from High Level have to leave their homes due to the Alberta wildfire. People residing in the affected areas went to reception centres in Slave Lake and High Prairie.
Also, People residing near Bushe River Reserve were also asked to register at the La Crete Heritage Centre.
Monday night, Premier Jason Kenney tweeted about the incident. You can see his tweet by clicking here.
Amid the evacuations, people unable to shift by themselves could go to the Spirit of the North Community School. The transportation was available there.
As per the officials, no instantaneous threat to the community of High Level took place. Thus, the order came after the wildfire.
On Monday, all the Mackenzie County was without power. ATCO tried to restore the power but officials warned them of required six to eight-hour long power outage.
To recall, Alberta wildfire after crossing highway 58 was moving towards the northwestern direction.
Indeed the conditions of Alberta are quite dangerous. The rising temperature is causing hot and dry atmosphere all over the region.
Additionally, Alberta wildfire smokes encouraged Canada to issue a special air quality statement for Northern Lights Country & Mackenzie county parts.
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen said, “This time of year, the risk of wildfires is very high with dry windy conditions. This is why it’s so important for Albertans to exercise extreme caution while in our forested areas.”
The region is continuously battling with the wildfire. Countably, there are almost six out-of-control wildfires.
Right now the province officials aren’t even thinking of uplifting fire ban. They are looking forward to the mandatory resource helps from various regions and countries.
Reception Centres:
Noticeably, Various Reception centres are there are to help you out. Following are the contacts numbers and address of the sites:
Slake Lake Legacy Centre-
400 6 Ave. NE
Slave Lake, AB
Phone: 780-843-5651
High Prairie Sports Palace-
5409 – 49 St.
High Prairie, AB
You can visit the reception centres for shelter and help.
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Statements:
Environment Canada said, “The smoke will continue to push northward today towards the town of High Level. Winds are expected to shift this evening and push the smoke to the east, towards the B.C. border.”
A resident of High Level Marc Metacat said, “I’m watching two rangers walk down the road, knocking on houses right now. There’s a sprinkler system right behind my house. We live right on the edge of town, nothing but trees right behind our house.”
Elliot said, “The fire continued to spread at night but what happened was the wind speed died down and that allowed the size of the fire to start moving in a little bit more of a meaningful way towards the community so what was initially a more comfortable buffer between the fire and the town, got reduced due to the overnight fire spread.”
Another resident of High Level, Deb Stecyk said, “The columns of smoke just went up really high…. It looked like the fire was just on the outskirts of the town. We have a dog and a cat and we’ve got our kennels out. We’re loading the vehicle with just essential stuff.”
Further, She added, “You just go from one task to another. You’re really numb.”
She also said, “You can see everybody is scurrying around, trying to decide what they should and shouldn’t take.”
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