Wildfire prompts evacuation alert for Saprae Creek Estates in northeastern Alberta

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Wildfire prompts evacuation alert for Saprae Creek Estates in northeastern Alberta
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The Regional Municipality Of Wood Buffalo issued a wildfire evacuation alert Sunday afternoon for Saprae Creek Estates due to the potential of a nearby wildfire spreading.

The Regional Municipality Of Wood Buffalo issued a wildfire evacuation alert for Saprae Creek Estates due to the potential of a nearby wildfire spreading towards the community.Residents in a community in northeastern Alberta are being told to prepare to leave on short notice due to a nearby wildfire.“If you are in this area, be prepared to leave on short notice,” the alert stated.

Trish Trefry lives in Saprae Creek and said she saw the fire as soon as she stepped outside Sunday morning. She said it was burning east of the airport.“Fire were responding right away,” she told Global News Sunday afternoon. “Lots of bombers… lots of helicopters, lots of activity out here today. We’re on evacuation alert so we’re just going to be ready to go.”

Trefry lived in the area in 2016 when the Fort McMurray wildfire forced nearly 90,000 people in the region from their homes. Trefry was one of those people.

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