Update #4: Evacuation Alert remains in effect due to wildfire southwest of Kelly Lake

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 9:15 p.m. – The Evacuation Alert remains in effect for everyone located north of Township Road 720 to Township Road 732, east of the British Columbia/Alberta border to Range Road 130.   

No evacuation is required at this time. If an Evacuation Order is issued, residents will have 30 minutes to evacuate.  

The BC Wildfire Service is actively responding with firefighters, helicopters, air tankers, and heavy equipment. The estimated 4,590 hectare Kiskatinaw River wildfire (G70422) is located southwest of Kelly Lake, BC. The wildfire remains in BC and is traveling in a northeast direction. 

The County Regional Fire Service will continue monitoring overnight and has two structure protection teams activated to install sprinklers on homes in the evacuation alert area and continues to support the BC Wildfire Service and Alberta Wildfire as the lead agencies responding to the wildfire.  

Residents in the affected area have been asked to prepare for a possible evacuation by fueling vehicles and gathering pets, important documents, medications, medical devices, and enough food and water to be away from home for at least 7 days. This alert will be updated with further instructions as the situation progresses. For details on preparing for wildfires and evacuations, visit www.alberta.ca/beprepared.  

County residents from the evacuation alert area who are registered with the County’s Livestock Emergency Response Plan (LERP) have been contacted by the County Agriculture department. Residents from the evacuation alert area who have not registered their livestock with LERP should call 780-532-9727.  

Where to find updates:  

• Information on BC wildfires: BC Wildfire  

• Information for evacuees: the County’s Facebook page and website, www.countygp.ab.ca 

• Smoke location and movement: www.firesmoke.ca  

• Health concerns related to smoke exposure: Alberta Health Link 

The next update will be provided at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 30 unless conditions change and there is a need for an earlier update. 

Register for Voyent Alert–the multi-purpose communication service provided by the County of Grande Prairie. Download the Voyent Alert! app or register for email, SMS, or phone alerts at https://register.voyent-alert.com. Learn more at www.countygp.ab.ca/alerts. 

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Media contact: 
Communications 
County of Grande Prairie 
communications@countygp.ab.ca