Wildfire threat prompts evacuation order for Boyle, Athabasca County

Emily Williams · CBC News

· Posted: May 06, 2025 8:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

A mandatory evacuation bid is successful effect for parts of Athabasca County and the colony of Boyle, owed to a wildfire in the area.

An alert sent astir 10:50 p.m. states that the occurrence is astir 1.6 kilometres southbound of the colony and moving north.

The evacuation bid is successful effect for residents successful Boyle arsenic good arsenic everyone east of Range Roads195 to 193 and southbound of Township Road 650.

The alert states that wildfire is burning southbound of Boyle on Highway 831 betwixt the Boyle Fishpond and Ellscott turnoff. Boyle is astir 150 kilometres northbound of Edmonton. 

The estimated occurrence country arsenic of 9:12 p.m. Tuesday was astir 320 hectares. 

Those evacuating from Athabasca County should question northbound along Highway 63/55 toward Lac La Biche to the reception centre astatine Parkland Motels II. Those from Boyle should caput to the Bold Centre successful Lac La Biche, according to a Facebook station from the Village of Boyle. 

Boyle School volition beryllium closed connected Wednesday owed to the wildfire situation, a part announcement said.

An exigency alert issued astatine 6:25 p.m. besides advises to not question southbound connected Highway 831.

Athabasca County has declared a authorities of section emergency, according to a Facebook post. The authorities of section exigency means that the section authorization whitethorn instrumentality immoderate enactment it deems indispensable to woody with the situation.

A occurrence burning adjacent Redwater put another evacuation bid successful spot for residents in Thorhild County Tuesday. This order is successful effect for residents connected Range Road 203-211 and Township Road 580-584.

Alberta Wildfire has started providing firefighting assistance, according to the provincial dashboard.

Meanwhile wildfires successful different communities northbound and westbound of Edmonton are besides prompting wildfire alerts, successful Westlock County and Parkland County.

Those surviving northbound of Duffield betwixt Township Road 530 northbound to Highway 16, and betwixt Range Road 32 westbound to Range Road 34 should beryllium prepared to evacuate connected abbreviated notice. The aforesaid goes for residents in the Hamlet of Fawcett and the Summer Village of Larkspur.