More residents put on alert as northern Alberta wildfires burn on

GRANDE PRAIRIE – Another 12,000 residents in Mackenzie County have been placed on evacuation alert due to wildfires in the province’s North Peace region.

In a news release put out Saturday night, the province says the residents, located both North and South of Peace River and west of Range Road 120, should start gathering belongings and be ready to leave on a moment’s notice.

They also updated the number of people already forced to leave their homes due to the fires, as that number has climbed over the 11,000 mark.