Northern Alberta Residents Start Returning Home After Two Week Evacuation Due to Fire

A helicopter drops a bucket of water on the Chuckegg Creek wildfire west of High Level, AB. on May 25, 2019. Government of Alberta, Chris Schwarz/The Canadian Press

Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after being forced by wildfires to leave their communities two weeks ago.

An evacuation order was lifted this morning for residents of High Level, the surrounding areas of Mackenzie County and the Dene Tha’ First Nation communities of Bushe River, Meander River, and Chateh.