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WATCH ABOVE: Sarah Kraus joined Global News Morning Edmonton live from an evacuation centre in La Crete in the northwestern Alberta, where the High Level wildfire has grown to nearly 80,000 hectares – May 22, 2019
About 4,000 people were evacuated from several areas of northwestern Alberta on Monday due to the wildfire.
The photos of the premier’s tour posted on the government of Alberta’s Flickr account show massive clouds of smoke rising from the burning forest.
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An out-of-control wildfire is seen burning in northern Alberta on May 21, 2019.
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An out-of-control wildfire is seen burning in northern Alberta on May 21, 2019.
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Premier Jason Kenney looks out the window of a plane as he is taken on an aerial tour of a wildfire burning in northern Alberta on May 21, 2019.
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Premier Jason Kenney looks out the window of a plane as he is taken on an aerial tour of a wildfire burning in northern Alberta on May 21, 2019.
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Kenney also stopped at the emergency operations centre in High Level to meet with first responders and staff.
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Premier Jason Kenney speaks with first responders and staff at the emergency operations centre in High Level on May 21, 2019.
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Premier Jason Kenney speaks with first responders and staff at the emergency operations centre in High Level on May 21, 2019.
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Premier Jason Kenney speaks with first responders and staff at the emergency operations centre in High Level on May 21, 2019.
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Premier Jason Kenney speaks with first responders and staff at the emergency operations centre in High Level on May 21, 2019.
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Premier Jason Kenney speaks with first responders and staff at the emergency operations centre in High Level on May 21, 2019.
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The Chuckegg Creek wildfire south of High Level is located west of Highway 35 and south of Highway 58. As of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the provincial government said it had grown to nearly 80,000 hectares in size.
At a media briefing Tuesday morning, Kenney said the fire was at a six, the highest number on the intensity scale. That means the fire is jumping from crown to crown of trees, the premier explained.
Residents have been told to plan to be out of their homes for 72 hours.