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"It is very hard," she told CTV News fighting back tears. “The fire was going to jump across the highway,” she added. “The way the winds were last night was crazy.” An evacuation order was issued Thursday evening for 150 hectares at the west boundary of Parkland County. Alberta Wildfire is assisting with several wildfires outside of the Forest Protection Area, including this one in @ParklandCounty near the town of Tomahawk. Airtankers are helping out, with more on the way. pic.twitter.com/PKVM7loyBq — Alberta Wildfire (@AlbertaWildfire) May 7, 2021 Officials said about 45 p...

"The fire is not yet being held, but with the help of some much-needed overnight precipitation, fire crews continue to work to contain this wildfire"

Evacuees of the Parkland County wildfire could return to their homes as early as Saturday after overnight rain helped crews restrain the once fast-moving blaze, the fire chief said.

Rain expected to help in fight against fast-moving wildfire west of Edmonton Rain is expected to give firefighters the upper hand on a fast-moving Alberta wildfire that has destroyed more than 1,000 hectares of land and triggered evacuation orders in areas west of Edmonton. Social Sharing Fire could be contained by nightfall, but peat bogs could keep it smouldering for weeks, fire chief warns Posted: May 06, 2021 9:20 PM MT | Last Updated: May 7 A fast-moving Alberta wildfire that started Thursday night triggered evacuation orders in areas of Parkland County, west of Edmonton.(Krystina Lynn ...

Article content Parkland County is now under a complete fire ban. The county has issued the fire ban effective immediately due to extremely dry conditions and several fires across Parkland County in recent days, including one the Parkland County fire department was called to yesterday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Crews douse 50 hectare fire in Parkland County, Fire ban now in effect Back to video Fire crews responded to a large 50 hectare wildland fire off Range Road 24, a mile from Highway 16, on April 14. “We had a wildland fire yesterda...