NORDEGG, Alta. – An evacuation order has been issued to two small Alberta communities due to wildfires.

Emergency alerts have been issued for Nordegg and Lodgepole because two separate fires are burning within a few kilometres of each community.

The fire near Nordegg, which is 200 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, has been burning for a number of days and residents had been on a one-hour evacuation notice since Thursday.

Duncan MacDonnell with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development says crews had the fire contained, but he says officials were poised to issue an evacuation order if the blaze had broken through any one of those containment points.

MacDonnell says the fire near Lodgepole, which is about 100 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, is new.

It’s unclear exactly how many people are affected.

Alberta issued a fire weather advisory for the province earlier Sunday, saying that high winds and dry temperatures made the likelihood of uncontrolled wildfires high.

Residents of Nordegg are being told to go to Rocky Mountain House about 100 kilometres east of the community.

Lodgepole residents are being told to go to Drayton Valley, which is about 50 kilometres away.