SLAVE LAKE, Alta. – An emergency official says there’s no timeline as to when residents will be able to return to a northern Alberta town scorched by a forest fire.
Colin Lloyd of the province’s emergency management agency says Slave Lake is moving into a recovery phase.
Officials need to determine which homes are still inhabitable before they can give the go-ahead to return.
Lloyd says power, natural gas, water and phone lines all need to be reconnected.
About 7,000 residents had to flee their homes when a wind-whipped fire damaged or destroyed at least one-third of the town on Sunday.
Lloyd says he realizes people are anxious to hear if their homes survived and the province will do its best to keep everyone informed.
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