Event CategoryDisaster
Event GroupNatural
Event SubgroupMeteorological - Hydrological
Event TypeWildfire
PlaceLethbridge and Coalhurst AB
Event Start DateSeptember 10, 2012
Event End DateSeptember 11, 2012
CommentsLethbridge and Coalhurst AB, September 10-11, 2012. Two large grass fires prompted local states of emergency and evacuations in southern Alberta. The first fire originated in the Blood Reserve near Coalhurst and Lethbridge. Approximately 2,200 residents in Coalhurst as well as residents in a Lethbridge trailer park were evacuated and sent to safe zones in Lethbridge. A second grass fire burned near the town of Milk River were approximately 800 people were evacuated to the nearby town of Raymond. Both grass fires damaged several sheds and outbuildings and destroyed one house. There was also one fire related injury reported. Residents were allowed to return to their homes on September 10 in Coalhurst and September 11 in Lethbridge.
Fatalities0
Injured / Infected0
Evacuated3000
Estimated Total Cost$0
Federal DFAA PaymentsUnknown
Provincial DFAA PaymentsUnknown
Provincial Department PaymentsUnknown
Municipal CostsUnknown
OGD CostsUnknown
Insurance PaymentsUnknown
NGO PaymentsUnknown
Utility - People AffectedUnknown
MagnitudeUnknown