About 50 people forced from their homes as wildfire west of Edmonton keeps growing

A wildfire west of Edmonton that triggered evacuation orders in parts of Yellowhead County on Tuesday continues to burn out of control and is expected to keep growing.

“We do expect fire activity to pick up today as temperatures rise,” Josee St-Onge, a provincial wildfire information officer said in an interview Wednesday.

“Whenever we have that hot, dry weather, it’s always a concern.” 

Parts of Yellowhead County were placed under evacuation Tuesday as a wildfire north of Highway 16 moved south, encroaching on homes and farmland.

Around 50 people were forced from their homes, the county said in a statement Wednesday. 

‘A dynamic