There are 142 personnel and 8 helicopters responding to wildfires in the latest Wood Buffalo Wildfire Update today.
The Pine Lake Road closure has been adjusted. For an updated map and closure information, visit Wood Buffalo’s Important Bulletin page. The updated closure begins at the Salt River bridge, along the national park boundary line, to Peace Point. It includes the Salt River Day Use Area, all surrounding trails, and the Pine Lake area. It also includes the Salt Plains, which includes the Salt Plains Access Road, Salt Plains Day Use Area, the Whooping Crane roadside pullout, and all surrounding trails.
Yesterday, the northwest corner of the Pine Lake Complex saw increased fire behaviour through vigorous surface fire and some tree torching due to warmer, drier conditions. The northwestern edge of Fire 7 remains approximately 4.5 km from Highway 5, and 25 km from Fort Smith. There is no current risk to the Town of Fort Smith or surrounding areas from this wildfire.
Today, heavy equipment and fire crews will continue to focus suppression efforts on the NE finger of Fire 7. As conditions and visibility allow, helicopters will continue bucketing efforts along Fire 7’s northwestern edge.
In the Davidson Lake Complex, fire personnel are monitoring this fire using a remote camera. Images are regularly sent to the Incident Management Team each day, which helps to inform them of any changes in fire activity.
