The Bald Mountain wildfire is classified as under control by wildfire officials. According to Sunday evenings Grande Prairie Forest area update, the fire which is located 17 kilometres west of Highway 40 was classified as under control when “it is completely contained within an established perimeter, it is no longer growing or spreading, and is moving toward being extinguished.”
According to Sunday’s update, five other wildfires are burning throughout the Grande Prairie Forest area, including the Sturgeon Lake wildfire which is also classified as under control. The Peavine Creek Wildfire continues to burn out of control and has crossed over into the County of Grande Prairie. An evacuation alert remains in place for everyone located north of Township Road 732, west of Range Road 131, and south of Township Road 742.
Fire officials are also monitoring the Boone Lake Wildfire Complex, which is made up of two wildfires located in Saddle Hills County. County resources are staged in La Glace, and ready to respond as needed. The fires involved are estimated to be 6,200 hectares in size and located 20 kilometres north of Valhalla Center near the northeast side of Boones Lake.
The wildfire danger in the region is very high, and a fire ban remains in effect in the entire County of Grande Prairie and the City of Grande Prairie.