Evacuation notice lifted for Slave Lake

Photo: Alberta Wildfire

An evacuation alert has been cancelled for the Town of Slave Lake and the M.D. of Lesser Slave River as cool, wet weather helps crews fight a nearby wildfire.

Thousands of people in the Slave Lake region were put on a wildfire evacuation alert Sunday for a small blaze burning northeast of the town and east of Highway 88.

According to Alberta Wildfire, the fire northeast of Slave Lake was started by lightning. It has burned less than a square kilometre.

There are 58 wildfires currently burning throughout the province — 12 of which are considered out of control.

Firefighters from Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Australia and Chile are working on putting out wildfires across the province.