Alberta is on fire: Where wildfire evacuation orders have been issued

wildfires were discovered across Alberta amid high temperatures, dangerously dry conditions and high winds on Thursday.More than 10,000 people across Alberta are now affected in some way or another by mandatory evacuation orders.There were many Alberta Emergency Alerts issued and updated throughout the day as the fires grew and threatened more properties.A 6 p.m.

emailed update from Alberta Wildfire said there were 72 active wildfires across the province but in the hours after that bulletin was issued, even more infernos showed up on the government agency’s live wildfire dashboard.As of 11 p.m, it said there were 79 fires, with 19 being out of control.Three of those fires were carried over from previous years and nine were fires where a different municipality was the lead agency and Alberta Wildfire was just providing mutual aid.The province said 25 were caused by humans, five by lightning and the rest were still under investigation.Late Thursday night, the entire town of Drayton Valley and rural properties in Brazeau County were told to evacuate Thursday because of a blaze there.Parts of the county surrounding Athabasca, north of Edmonton, were also ordered to get out.Earlier Thursday evening, the community of Entwistle in Parkland County was told to get out once again, just one day after people there were allowed to return after being ordered to leave their homes over the weekend due to fire.Just across the Pembina River in Yellowhead County, people from Evansburg, Wildwood, Lobstick and Hansonville were also told to flee again on Thursday night.South of Entwistle in the Alberta foothills, Yellowhead County and the province said there were several new forest fires to the southwest and northwest of the Brazeau Dam.Those.