Fire crews northeast of Edmonton seemed to have a handle on two wildfires that have been burning since the weekend.
In Strathcona County, the situation stabilized on Tuesday and a fire near Township Road 564 and Range Road 211 was being held.
That area of road remained closed Wednesday.
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More than 12 kilometres of barriers were created to slow down the fire. Ground crews continued to work late Tuesday afternoon, extinguishing hot spots and flare-ups.
A cause has not been confirmed but fire investigators say there was no natural cause.
In northern Strathcona County, more than 600 hectares of land have been burned since Saturday, but no buildings have been lost.
On Wednesday, Strathcona County Emergency Services said that fire was still being held but crews were seeing flare-ups in the afternoon because of wind. The fire had not grown in size.
Bob Scott said the county is not considering an ATV ban at this time.
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In neighbouring Lamont County, a fire northeast of Bruderheim fire sparked up again on Monday due to the wind and crews were concerned about a couple of homes.
On Tuesday, about 15 paid on-call firefighters in Lamont County were helping to monitor the situation and put out hot spots.
According to Alberta Wildfire, the province is providing a couple of helicopters and one employee to help with the fire near Bruderheim.
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Robyn Singleton, with Lamont County, said the fire was contained as of Wednesday afternoon. The number of crews that were sent out were scaled back and the focus was on extinguishing hot spots.
Lamont County cannot say how the fire started but will focus on the investigation once the flames are put out.
On Wednesday, the province banned ATVs from the Bruderheim natural area because of the fire hazard.
Alberta Environment and Parks, along with Alberta Justice, will investigate complaints and issue fines or penalties to anyone who ignores the warnings.
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