Rain not enough to put out fire near Waterton Lakes National Park

WATERTON LAKES NP — A Parks Canada spokesman says rain is welcome but won’t be enough to put out a fire near Waterton Lakes National Park.

“We are expecting about 10 millimetres to 20 millimetres of rain tonight and into tomorrow as well,” John Stoesser said Sunday. “This weather system will limit the fire spread, it will slow the fire down, but it will not extinguish the wildfire.”

An evacuation alert remains in effect for the entire park and all backcountry trails and campsites are closed.

The Waterton townsite is the only part of the park that remains open.