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California Caldor Fire Friday, August 20, 2021 Updates

Crews battling the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County on Thursday were bracing for new spot fires that could fuel fire growth as thousands of people remained under evacuation orders after the blaze leveled much of Grizzly Flats this week.

Photo Courtesy: Alberta Emergency Alert Article continues below advertisement ↴ With the dry conditions this Spring there have been many wildfires and grass fires across Alberta. At 1:36 am this morning, an Alberta Emergency Alert was issued for Parkland County because of a growing wildfire west of Edmonton. Here is the announcement from the Alberta Emergency Alert website: Parkland County has issued a mandatory evacuation order within the following area: Between Highway 22 and Range Road 63 and between Township Road 510 and 524, due to wildfire. If you are in this area you must lea...

Article content A wildfire fuelled by peat moss and winds triggered a mandatory evacuation order just after midnight Friday, sending dozens of rural residents just west of Edmonton scrambling to the community centre in the tiny hamlet of Tomahawk. “At this point, we don’t believe we’ve lost any residences to fire. But right now we’re just monitoring the structures and we’re continuing to do fire attack,” said Parkland County Fire Chief Brian Cornforth Friday morning of the blaze about 100 kilometres west of Edmonton that spanned 1,000 hectares by 9 p.m. Thursday. It grew to 2,000 ...