Alberta wildfires: At least 85 structures destroyed on Little Red River Cree Nation
still have no idea when they will be allowed to return and what they will be going back to.
Darryel Sowan, the communications lead for the emergency management team for Little Red River Cree Nation, confirmed May 10 that more than 85 structures have been lost, including the RCMP detachment, general store and water treatment plant. “The fire has been ongoing and now, as of the update last night, it was past the community and going near one of our close original settlements Mikkwa Sipi, Little Red.”The Alberta Wildfire update explained the blaze was 2.9 km away from the cultural heritage site and remained on the south side the Peace River, as of Tuesday evening.There are firefighters and aircraft putting out hotspots within the community to reduce fire spread to homes and critical infrastructure, the government agency said.
Alberta Wildfire has mobilized an incident management team in the area and continues to fight the fire on the ground and in the air. There are 70 firefighters, 11 helicopters and heavy equipment working on the effort, air tankers as needed and additional firefighters requested.
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