Courtesy of the Town of Rainbow Lake
This update is from last night, May 5 at 20:00 :
THE LONG LAKE FIRE | HWF036
The Long Lake Fire is located 1 km south of highway 58, south of the Rainbow Lake Airport. This fire is classified as Out of Control (OC) with a last recorded size of 2,130 hectares. Due to the hot and dry conditions this fire experienced active fire behavior, and continued to spread in a southwest to westerly direction away from the Town of Rainbow Lake.
Alberta Wildfire firefighters, the Rainbow Lake Fire Department and air support from helicopters worked to create containment lines to prevent the fire from spreading towards the community. Heavy equipment continued to create control lines on the east side. Further progress on the northwest corner was completed by an additional heavy equipment crew.
There are 44 firefighters, six helicopters, support staff, and heavy equipment working on this fire.
As the fire situation changes firefighters, helicopters, support staff, heavy equipment and airtankers will be working hard to reevaluate their tactics to prevent fire spread towards the Town of Rainbow Lake and critical infrastructure.
