Wildfire forces Paul First Nation to declare state of emergency – CBC

21 homes evacuated on northeast part of the reserve west of Edmonton

Apr 20, 2016

While the Paul First Nation remains under a state of emergency, an evacuation order should be lifted this afternoon, says the executive director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency.

“We fully expect that sometime today the Paul First Nation will also lift their evacuation notice, and their 164 residents will be able to get back to their community and get back to life,” said Scott Long.

Lower temperatures and moderate winds are helping firefighters with the brush fires west of Edmonton, Long said.

“We’ve got a lot of assets in the area from the communities and from Agriculture and Forestry, which are really extinguishing and containing the fires.”