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The Redwater and Sturgeon County wildfire evacuation order (aka Evacuate Now) has expanded to include the entire Redwater Recreation area and parts adjacent. Alberta Highway 38 is in the evacuation order. #ABfire
May 8, 2025, 9:57 AM
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"alt": "Critical Alert\nWildfire\nSturgeon County AB\nMay 7, 2025, 11:42 pm\nStatus: active with updated information\nSource: sturgeon county\n\nMap (included as last image of 4 in this post) showing the evacuation alert zone in blue from the north saskatchewan river in the east across Redwater Recreation Area and across the town of Redwater, too.\n\nThe red mandatory evacuation zone (where people MUST evacuate right now) includes the entirety of the Redwater Recreation Area, and parts adjacent, particularly north to Twp Rd 580 and south to the river and Hwy 38, with a western border of Rge Rd 213 and eastern border of Rge Rd 203.\n\nThe active fire zone is outlined in red in the middle of the red evacuation zone and stretches across Twp rd 573 nearly to Twp rd 580 in the north, and nearly to the river in the south.",
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"alt": "Description\nThis is an Alberta Emergency Alert. Sturgeon County has expanded its Wildfire Evacuation Order.\n\nThe evacuation order has been extended from Township Road 580 south to the North Saskatchewan River between Range Road 213 East to Range Road 203. Everyone in this area must evacuate immediately. See attached map for details.\nThe evacuations are a result of the wildfire burning near the Redwater Rec Area.\n\nMap showing a red polygon (it's a rectangle but the bottom edge is the river)\nThe edges of the shape include Val Soucy in the north and cross over highway 38 in the south.\nRedwater town remains outside the evacuation order on the west and there is a bit of buffer between the evacuation order and the river as it curves along the eastern side.",
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"alt": "Affected areas (2)\nSturgeon County, Thorhild County No.7\n\nAction to take\n- go to the Recreation centre at the Morinville Leisure Centre at 25126 Secondary Highway 642. Residents in the surrounding area must prepare for a possible evacuation.\n\nAttachments:\nWww.sturgeoncounty.ca\nAlberta.ca/beprepared\n\nAdditional information on the Wireless Public Alert system is included, but is provided in alt text in my earlier posts.\n\n\" this emergency alert was sent to cell phones and wireless devices compatible with Canada's Wireless Public Alert (WPA) system and connected to specific towers/antennas in the affected areas.\nIn order for emergency alerts to be received on a wireless device, three conditions must be met...\"",
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"alt": "Map from image 1, in greater detail.\nRedwater Recreation Area fire May 07 Evacuation Order area.\n\nA blue outline (evacuation alert) forms a rectangle with the southeast corner cut off by the North Saskatchewan River. The full rectangle extends to Township Road 580 in the north and Highway 38 in the south (and extends out west along the line Hwy 38 would use if it continued straight west).\nThe western edge is not identified with a range road but is likely near Rge Rd 220.\n\nWithin this large shape, a red rectangle (active evacuation order) about half the size takes up most of the eastern portion (on the right).\nThis is defined by labelled boundaries: Twp Rd 580 in the north, RR 203 in the east, the North Saskatchewan River rounding the corner in the south and east, and RR 213 in the west. A small spear extends south beyond the end of the main rectangle following RR 213 to its connection point with the river.\nA small bit of blue extends east past RR 203 to the river - not actively evacuating but on alert.\n\nRedwater townsite is to the west of the active evacuation order, outlined within the blue rectangle.\n\nA large red outline, following an irregular shape (larger and wider in the south and narrower and elongated as it stretches northwest) marks the active fire perimeter.\nThe fire is largest at its origin in the Redwater Recreation Area, but is extending farther north, outside of the recreation area, across Twp Rd 573, likely following some feature of the landscape.",
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