Wildfire updates in AlbertaĮxtreme fire behaviour is anticipated for a wildfire that prompted the evacuation of the town of Edson early Friday morning, officials in Alberta said as local leaders urged anyone who stayed behind to get out immediately. Evacuation orders due to wildfires remained in place for the Lytton First Nation, the Village of Lytton, the Peace River Regional District, along with the District of Tumbler Ridge. There were 78 active wildfires in the province, including 24 deemed out of control according to the online provincial emergency map. Tower, who is in Tumbler Ridge today, says firefighting crews are feeling a greater sense of calm compared to 24 hours ago when preparations were being made for which structures to protect.īut he says fire conditions can change at a moment’s notice and it’s still too early to consider lifting the evacuation order. The estimated 2,400 residents of Tumbler Ridge were ordered to evacuate earlier this week as the intense, out-of-control blaze approached within five kilometres of the community. Shifting winds, cooling temperatures and intermittent rain showers are helping crews today battling a wildfire that forced the evacuation of the northeast British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge.įorrest Tower, a BC Wildfire information officer, says winds that were threatening to push the wildfire west towards the community Friday did not materialize and are now slowly moving the blaze east and south away from town. About 130 firefighters are working to knock down the 234-square-kilometre blaze, which began on May 27 near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County. Marshall says they found an unsupervised fire burning in a firepit and used a hose to douse the flames, as the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia’s history continues to burn out of control.
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