'This fire is getting to be a pretty significant size': a wildfire information officer with the Alberta government speaks about growing fire burning northwest of Nordegg
“Clearwater County is issuing an evacuation order for Snow Creek PRA, Dry Haven PRA, Centre for Outdoor Education, Fish Lake PRA, Frontier Lodge and Goldeye Lake PRA and area,” county officials said viaCounty officials added that people in the hamlet of Nordegg were also being put on evacuation alert.
A spokesperson for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry said Clearwater County officials have set up an evacuation centre for campers who need a place to go. It is in North Saskatchewan River Park in Rocky Mountain House located at 394024 Range Road 7-3A.County officials said the wildfire was burning near the Bighorn First Nation and that there was “significant smoke in the area.”They added that crews from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry were battling the blaze from the air.
“This fire is getting to be a pretty significant size,” said Travis Fairweather, a wildfire information officer with the Alberta government. “Whenever we see this increased fire behaviour, it poses a huge risk to the firefighting crews and people in the aircraft helping to fight that wildfire.”“It is located 19 kilometres west of Nordegg,” Alberta Wildfire said on its website. “There are wildland firefighters as well as helicopters and an airtanker working on this wildfire.
“Today, with the increased temperatures and winds and lower relative humidities, unfortunately it was able to break containment,” he said, adding that while the evacuation orders and alerts are a precaution to ensure everyone stays safe, “it’s a pretty serious situation.”Shortly after 8 p.m., Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for parts of Clearwater County and Yellowhead County because of the amount of smoke being generated by the wildfire.
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