Alberta Emergency Alert - Wildfire Alert Updated

Description: Alberta Emergency Alert - Wildfire Alert Updated

UPDATE 3 - Highway 3 west of Coleman remains closed to all traffic as the Wildfire west of Coleman continues to burn out of control. Willow Drive, McLaren Ridge, Carbondale Trailer Court, and MacGillivary Flats are evacuated, and no one should be in these areas. Everyone else in Coleman should be prepared to evacuate on short notice.

A Reception Centre has been setup at the Vertical Church in Pincher Creek, which is located at 1200 Ken Thorton Blvd., and all evacuated residents are asked to register at the church and they can register by calling. A NEW Telephone number has be issued for evacuees to call the church and it is 403-904-0021. Electricity has been restored to the majority of the community including Coleman and Blairmore, but there are some areas still without power.

Action to take:

• Willow Drive, McLaren Ridge, Carbondale Trailer Court, and MacGillivary Flats remain under an evacuation order, and everyone else in Coleman should be prepared to evacuate on short notice
• Highway 3 west of Coleman remains closed to all traffic
• All evacuees should go to or call the Vertical Church in Pincher Creek to register
• New Telephone # 403-904-0021.

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