Shawna Lund is the acting wildfire information officer. You can contact her at 780-805-4754.
Wildfire Situation for the Slave Lake Forest Area
There were no new wildfires in the Slave Lake Forest Area in the last 24 hours.
The wildfire located east of Wood Buffalo Lake is now considered under control, meaning that it is completely contained and will be extinguished.
To obtain up-to-date information on the wildfire situation across Alberta download the Alberta Wildfire App, like Alberta Wildfire Info on facebook or visit www.wildfire.alberta.ca.
Scattered showers/thundershowers will continue today in the Slave Lake area and winds will be from the west/southwest at 15-20 km/hr. The temperature will be sitting around twenty degrees. The same weather pattern will continue into Tuesday.
Since April 1st there have been 171 wildfires in the Slave Lake Forest Area and the total area burned is just over 2214 hectares.
Click here to view the Wildfire Situation in Alberta.
Fire permits are free and can be obtained by calling your local Alberta Agriculture and Forestry office.
- Slave Lake/Red Earth/Peerless/Trout 780-849-7377
- Wabasca 780-891-3860
- High Prairie 780-523-6619
By getting a fire permit you help keep our firefighters free to fight real wildfires instead of investigating the smoke in your backyard.
For more information
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Download the Alberta Wildfire app on your Apple or Android device.
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- or visit www.wildfire.alberta.ca
Unless conditions change, you can expect your next wildfire update July 11th.
Shawna Lund -Wildfire Information Officer
Mobile: 780.805.4754 Shawna.Lund@gov.ab.ca
Report Wildfires 310-FIRE (3473)
