Comments | Paul First Nation, AB, April 18-21, 2016. A state of emergency was issued for the Paul First Nation community located on Lake Wabumun, 70 km west of Edmonton. A large wildfire burned dangerously close to the community threatening 21 homes in the northeast corner of the reserve. The wildfire that destroyed one home forced the evacuation of 164 people outside the community of 1,100 residents. Wildfires burning around Edmonton destroyed two homes, injured two firefighters and destroyed one fire truck. |