Alberta wildfire officials cautioning campers about extremely dry conditions

                   
820cham.com     May 17, 2008            

By: Lisa Arrowsmith, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Anastasia Drummond, a wildfire information officer with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, said Friday that within a 24-hour period, 47 fires had been sparked, though the causes were still under investigation. For those packing up the... [read full story]                

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Alberta wildfire officials cautioning campers about extremely dry conditions

cjbk.com     May 17, 2008          

By: Lisa Arrowsmith, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Anastasia Drummond, a wildfire information officer with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, said Friday that within a 24-hour period, 47 fires had been sparked, though the causes were still under investigation. For those packing up the...                

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Alberta wildfire officials cautioning campers about extremely dry conditions

htzfm.com     May 17, 2008          

By: Lisa Arrowsmith, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Anastasia Drummond, a wildfire information officer with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, said Friday that within a 24-hour period, 47 fires had been sparked, though the causes were still under investigation. For those packing up the...                

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Hamlet north of Edmonton ordered evacuated as wildfire gets close

cjbk.com     May 17, 2008          

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - An encroaching wildfire fanned by high winds forced an emergency evacuation Friday night of 150 residents of a hamlet north of Edmonton. Candace Revega of the County of Thorhild said the flames were just three kilometres from Newbrook, but as of 10 p.m. MT it was...                

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Hamlet north of Edmonton ordered evacuated as wildfire gets close

htzfm.com     May 17, 2008          

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - An encroaching wildfire fanned by high winds forced an emergency evacuation Friday night of 150 residents of a hamlet north of Edmonton. Candace Revega of the County of Thorhild said the flames were just three kilometres from Newbrook, but as of 10 p.m. MT it was...                

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Hamlet north of Edmonton ordered evacuated as wildfire gets close

820cham.com     May 17, 2008          

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - An encroaching wildfire fanned by high winds forced an emergency evacuation Friday night of 150 residents of a hamlet north of Edmonton. RCMP closed Highway 63 so that equipment needed to fight the fire could be brought in. The blaze covered 14 square kilometres,...                

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Hundreds flee raging Alberta forest fire

canada.com     May 17, 2008          

Steve Lillebuen, Clara Ho and Florence Loyie , Canwest News Service Published: 1 hour ago THORHILD COUNTY, Alta. -- A forest fire that was raging north of Edmonton destroyed two homes but was described late Friday night as stable. The fire, which began Friday afternoon northwest of Newbrook,...                

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Hamlet north of Edmonton remains evacuated

cjbk.com     May 17, 2008          

EDMONTON - About 150 residents from a hamlet north of Edmonton remain evacuated from their homes Saturday because of a wildfire. Residents of Newbrook were taken to an emergency shelter set up in the Thorhild community centre Friday as flames, fanned by high winds, came within three kilometres of...                

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Hamlet north of Edmonton remains evacuated

htzfm.com     May 17, 2008          

EDMONTON - About 150 residents from a hamlet north of Edmonton remain evacuated from their homes Saturday because of a wildfire. Residents of Newbrook were taken to an emergency shelter set up in the Thorhild community centre Friday as flames, fanned by high winds, came within three kilometres of...                

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Hamlet north of Edmonton remains evacuated

820cham.com     May 17, 2008          

EDMONTON - About 150 residents from a hamlet north of Edmonton remain evacuated from their homes Saturday because of a wildfire. Residents of Newbrook were taken to an emergency shelter set up in the Thorhild community centre Friday as flames, fanned by high winds, came within three kilometres of...                

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Wind drop helps crews in Alta., Sask., hamlet evacuated, Prairies fire threat high

cjbk.com     May 17, 2008          

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - A big drop in the wind is helping crews make gains on wildfires burning in Alberta, including a blaze that forced the evacuation of 150 people from a community north of Edmonton. Water bombers, helicopters and ground crews continue to protect the hamlet of...                

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