In Alberta, the fight continues as 103 wildfires are burning in the province.Premier Danielle Smith said it is a "rapidly evolving situation and we will be monitoring it closely."."Here's the information that is available as of 9:30 a.m. this morning — there are currently 103 active wildfires," Smith said at a Saturday afternoon press conference.."Burning 121,998 hectares since 11 a.m. Yesterday, there have been 45 new wildfires. In total, we have seen 24,511 Albertans evacuated from their homes to ensure their safety in communities currently under an evacuation order.".The federal government is on stand-by as crews continue to battle wildfires on Saturday as the province smells like a huge bonfire..Large clouds of puffy smoke fill the air in some parts of Alberta, as the wind fuels the dry brush and trees which continue to burn out of control in some places..The roar of water bombers could be heard in the County of Wetaskiwin, filling up in Buck Lake which is 109 km southwest of Edmonton..A provincial state of emergency could be declared.."Well, there is a process to go through and I impressed upon my officials this morning that in the times that I've been watching the emergency I don't know that I ever recall seeing multiple communities evacuated all at once in fire season," Smith said."So I've asked them to put together a suite of potential options, including looking at declaring the provincial state of emergency. We'll be making that decision today at 3 p.m. There is just a process you have to go through.".More to come...
In Alberta, the fight continues as 103 wildfires are burning in the province.Premier Danielle Smith said it is a "rapidly evolving situation and we will be monitoring it closely."."Here's the information that is available as of 9:30 a.m. this morning — there are currently 103 active wildfires," Smith said at a Saturday afternoon press conference.."Burning 121,998 hectares since 11 a.m. Yesterday, there have been 45 new wildfires. In total, we have seen 24,511 Albertans evacuated from their homes to ensure their safety in communities currently under an evacuation order.".The federal government is on stand-by as crews continue to battle wildfires on Saturday as the province smells like a huge bonfire..Large clouds of puffy smoke fill the air in some parts of Alberta, as the wind fuels the dry brush and trees which continue to burn out of control in some places..The roar of water bombers could be heard in the County of Wetaskiwin, filling up in Buck Lake which is 109 km southwest of Edmonton..A provincial state of emergency could be declared.."Well, there is a process to go through and I impressed upon my officials this morning that in the times that I've been watching the emergency I don't know that I ever recall seeing multiple communities evacuated all at once in fire season," Smith said."So I've asked them to put together a suite of potential options, including looking at declaring the provincial state of emergency. We'll be making that decision today at 3 p.m. There is just a process you have to go through.".More to come...
