Evacuation order lifted for wildfire in rural area northwest of Edmonton
FOX CREEK, Alta. – People forced from rural properties and farms northwest of Edmonton by an out-of-control wildfire are being allowed to return home.
The Municipal District of Greenview has lifted an evacuation order for an area south of the Hamlet of Little Smoky.
But these people have been told they could be ordered to leave again on two-hour notice.
People in the Town of Fox Creek are also on evacuation notice.
The wildfire is about 11 kilometres away from the town.
No homes have been lost and Highway 43, the major road link in the area, remains open.
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