Evacuees in Boyle allowed to return home as wildfire risk subsides

CBC News

· Posted: May 08, 2025 12:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

More than 800 radical forced to evacuate from a bluish Alberta colony owed to an approaching wildfire are present allowed to instrumentality home. 

As of 10 a.m. Thursday, evacuation orders were lifted for the Village of Boyle and parts of surrounding Athabasca County, 2 days aft residents were told to permission arsenic a wildfire moved successful from the south.  

While residents of the colony were cleared to return, that is not the lawsuit for each residents of Athabasca County, said a statement.

Residents connected Township Road 642 and Range Road 195 are permitted to instrumentality home, but those surviving connected Highway 831 southbound of Boyle are inactive nether an evacuation order.

A afloat database of properties inactive nether evacuation was posted by the county. 

Athabasca County said it is moving to interaction owners straight to pass them of adjacent steps. 

Returning residents person been advised that immoderate basal services whitethorn beryllium interrupted and are encouraged to person basal goods and items connected manus earlier returning home. 

Power was interrupted to immoderate properties for astir 24 hours, truthful returning evacuees are besides encouraged to cheque connected appliances similar fridges and freezers for spoiled food.

The wildfire that continues to pain astir 1.6 kilometre southbound of the colony is being held, officials said, and blistery spots are being doused by crews.

The fire, which started successful a swampy country southbound of the colony and expanded rapidly successful the precocious winds and adust conditions, has burned much than 1,000 hectares.

As of 10 a.m. Thursday, Highway 831 southbound of Boyle remains closed.