The wildfire danger in Rocky Mountain House Forest Area remains high as efforts to put out the wildfire west of Nordegg continues.
The evacuation alerts have been lifted for Centre for Outdoor Education, Frontier Lodge, Goldeye Centre, Fish Lake and Goldeye Lake provincial recreation areas and surrounding areas.
The evacuation alert for Nordegg was previously lifted.
Haven Road remains closed to public access to allow for safe firefighting operations.
Helicopters may be scooping water from Goldeye Lake so visitors should be aware and give them space to work.
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The wildfire, discovered July 19 about 19-km west of Nordegg in the Rocky Mountain House Forest Area, remains classified as being held at 480 hectares. Recently the size of the fire was reduced by 27 hectares to reflect more accurate GPS information.
There are 70 wildland firefighters currently working on the fire. Two unit crews are from BC Wildfire, and three firetack crews and one helitack crew are from Alberta Wildfire. The crews are assisted by seven helicopters.
On Friday firefighters were continuing to build a containment line around the wildfire’s perimeter.
An incident management Team from Alberta Wildfire is managing the response to the wildfire.
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People can check out emergencyalert.alberta.ca, or download the Alberta Emergency Alert App, to view current alerts.
They can check out albertafirebans.ca to find out if there are any fire advisories, fire restrictions, or fire bans in effect for their destination.
For more information from Clearwater County visit clearwatercounty.ca, and 511 Alberta for the most up-to-date information on any roadway closures in the area.