Over a thousand of people in the northern town of Slave Lake have been put on notice to prepare for a possible evacuation due to the threat of a wildfire. An evacuation alert now in effect includes some properties northeast of the townsite in the surrounding municipal district.
According to the alert issued at 9 p.m. Sunday, people living within the town should be prepared to leave their homes within eight hours of the notice being issued.
According to Alberta Wildfire’s provincial dashboard, the fire northeast of the community began Sunday, sparked by a lightning strike. The blaze is among 11 now burning in the Slave Lake wildfire district.
As of Sunday afternoon, the flames had burned across 44 hectares of forest and continued to burn out of control, northeast of Lesser Slave Lake.
63 wildfires are burning across Alberta Monday, at least 14 of which are burning out of control.
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