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No Rocky-area fire permits

No fire permits will be issued in Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area due to the high fire hazard and dry grass.The area has three active wildfires, including a 15-hectare fire that is out of control. The cause is under investigation.

No fire permits will be issued in Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area due to the high fire hazard and dry grass.

The area has three active wildfires, including a 15-hectare fire that is out of control. The cause is under investigation.

A two-hectare wildfire, recreation caused, is under control, and a .25-hectare fire, where the cause is still under investigation, is also under control.

Another recreation-caused fire, .01 hectares in size, has been extinguished.

In Alberta, 18 wildfires are burning. Two are out of control, one is being held, six are under control and nine have been turned over to residents.

Since April 1, Alberta has recorded 1,188 new wildfires, which have burned 136.06 hectares.

For more information, visit www.srd.alberta.ca/wildfire.