Alberta emergency officials say more than 13,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as 78 wildfires burn across the province—19 of them out of control.
An out-of-control 1,500-hectare wildfire has caused thousands of people to flee Drayton Valley, Alta., and the surrounding rural area
An evacuation order was issued Thursday night instructing more than 7,000 residents to leave the town about 140 kilometres west of Edmonton.
Evacuees are to go to Edmonton and register at the Expo Centre.
In the north of the province, the Alberta government says a 4,400-hectare wildfire has destroyed 20 homes, an RCMP detachment and a store in the community of Fox Lake….