FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: EDSON ALBERTA FIRE FORCES EVACS AGAIN AS FIRE GROWS 55% OVERNIGHT!

Evacuation order issued for Edson, parts of Yellowhead County due to wildfire Evacuation alert remains in areas of Yellowhead County where an order isn't in effect An evacuation order has been issued for the Town of Edson and some regions of Yellowhead County, west of Edmonton due to wildfire danger.

It's the second time Edson residents have been forced to flee their homes in the last month.

The town was evacuated May 5 because of an encroaching wildfire, but residents were allowed to return on May 8. Other parts of Yellowhead County also had to evacuate in May, but by the end of the month, everyone had been allowed to return.

An emergency alert issued just before 6:30 p.m. Friday said fires are "becoming increasingly unpredictable" and have jumped fire guards, moving closer to populated areas.

Just after 8 p.m. Friday, another evacuation order was issued for part of the Municipal District of Greenview, a community of more than 5,500 residents. The municipality is being threatened by a different fire near the Sweathouse area about 150 kilometres east of Grande Prairie.

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A statement posted to the Yellowhead County Facebook page Friday says fires south of Edson and in the Shiningbank area have shown "extreme behaviour" and that numerous new fires have recently flared up in the area.

About 11,000 people live in Yellowhead County in total, and 8,000 people live in Edson. The town is approximately 200 kilometres west of Edmonton.

As of Saturday morning, 511 Alberta notes that Highway 16 from Marlboro to the junction of Highway 32 is closed due to the wildfire.

Edson officials posted on social media Saturday morning that the last opportunity to get a bus out of the community will be available at Marlboro Community Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and at the Edson and District Leisure Centre from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.