As crews continue to make progress on the Meachen Creek Fire, the evacuation ORDER in the St. Mary Valley has been downgraded to an evacuation ALERT for 40 properties located east of the intersection of St. Mary Lake Road and Lakeside/Lakefront Road.

The evacuation ORDER remains in place for 25 properties west of the intersection of St. Mary Lake Road and Lakeside/Lakefront Road.

“While a portion of the St. Mary Valley is now on evacuation alert, we really want to stress to people within the new alert area that they need to remain prepared and be ready to leave again on a moment’s notice should conditions change and an order needs to be re-issued,” says RDEK Information Officer Loree Duczek. “In addition, we want to make sure people within the St. Mary Valley alert area continue to closely monitor updates on the fire and stay connected.”

A map of the alert and order areas is available on the RDEK’s website.

Residents of the St. Mary Valley who are no longer on evacuation order are asked to check in with the ESS Reception Centre at Centennial Hall for further information and to pick up a Red Cross clean up kit.

The Meachen Creek fire is estimated to be 9,284 hectares in size and is burning four km southwest of St. Mary Lake.

The following orders and alerts are in place:

• Meachen Creek / West of Lakeside/Lakefront Road – Evacuation ORDER – affects 25 rural properties in Electoral Area E in the St. Mary Valley.
• Meachen Creek / East of Lakeside/Lakefront Road – Evacuation ALERT – affects 40 rural properties in Electoral Area E in the St. Mary Valley.

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