Slave Lake Area Update

North Wabasca Wildfires are Under Control

Posted on Fri, May 29, 2015

There are currently seven fires burning in the Slave Lake Wildfire Management Area.  The firefighters have made great progress fighting the wildfires and six of the wildfires are under control and one is being held.  Showers or thundershowers are forecast to spread into the Slave Lake Management Area on Saturday with winds increasing in the area on Sunday.

Slave Lake Management Area Wildfire Update

Wildfire West of Peerless Lake

  • This fire is considered to be held, this means that under the current weather conditions the fire is not expected to grow.

Old Smith Highway wildfire, Mitsue wildfire, North Wabasca wildfires

  • These fires are considered to be under control.

Province of Alberta

In the last 24 hours there were eight new wildfires in the Province:

  • 2 are under control
  • 1 was turned over
  • 5 were extinguished

There are currently 41 wildfires burning in the Province:

  • 5 are out of control
  • 8 are being held
  • 27 are under control
  • 1 was turned over

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