The town of Drayton Valley, home to some 7,000 people, and the surrounding Brazeau County were ordered to flee late Thursday night as one of dozens of wildfires across Alberta grew, threatening the community. As the same time, thousands in the province’s northwest have fled to High Level, where Erin Chalmers joined Global News at 11 with a situation update.
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