Giant plumes of smoke billow up from the Lost Creek forest fire which makes its way towards the towns of Hillcrest, Blairmore, and Coleman, Alberta.
Signs on Highway #3 warn travellers of the massive forest fires which are still out of control and threatening the surrounding communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Officials with Alberta Sustainable Resource Developement keep watch on a massive forest fire heading towards Hillcrest, AB. Residents of the hamlet were given the one-hour evacuation notice as a massive forest fire drew nearer to their homes in the Crowsnest Pass area.
A helicopter implements a prescribed burn near Hillcrest, Alberta in an effort to burn off all of the potential fuel for the massive forest fire which is threatening several communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Helecopters equipped with water buckets pass by each other near a station just East of the small hamlet of Hillcrest as hundreds of firefighters and dozens of aircraft work to suppress a massive forest fire in the Crowsnest Pass area. Although the community remains on a one-hour alert notice, the fire threat to their small hamlet has diminished somewhat as the wildfires have shifted their movement in a Southwesterly direction.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development public information officer Rick Strickland provides information to the media on the massive forest fires which are still out of control and threatening the surrounding communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
An Alberta Sustainable Resource Development officer provides local residents and tourists with information on the massive forest fires which are still out of control and threatening the surrounding communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Caleb Schulz, an employee with the Crows Nest Pass Golf & Country Club, drives a ball into the smoky haze caused by the massive forest fires which are still out of control and threatening the surrounding communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Firefighters meet near the Castle River Campground staging area in an effort to battle a massive forest fire which threatens several communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
A row of tents line across an open field where some of the 600 fire fighters and related workers stay at the Castle River Campground staging area as they battle a massive forest fire which threatening several communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Semi trailers loaded with heavy equipment line a gravel road near the Castle River Campground staging area in an effort to battle a massive forest fire which threatens several communities in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Giant plumes of smoke billow up from the Lost Creek forest fire while several people from the surrounding communities in the Crowsnest Pass area gather at an information meeting regarding the fire's progress near Blairmore, Alberta.
A water bomber flies low over a lake just East of Coleman, AB to pick up more water in an effort to fight the massive forest fire raging out of contol in the Crowsnest Pass area.
A water bomber flies low over a lake just East of Coleman, AB to pick up more water in an effort to fight the massive forest fire raging out of contol in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Pat Mountford, a 30-year resident of Blairmore, Alberta, packs up her car in anticipation of an evacuation notice as a massive forest fire gets closer and closer to her home in the Crowsnest Pass area. Although several communities are still on evacuation notice, the fire threat has diminished somewhat (at present time) as the fires move in a southwesterly direction away from populated areas.
Eight-year-old Ryan Linderman carries a wedding portrait of his parents, Tracey and Randy, from their Hilcrest home after they were given the one-hour evacuation notice as a massive forest fire drew nearer to their home in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Hillcrest residents Irene and Mike Reno say they feel "defeated" as they wait for word to evacuate the small hamlet of Hillcrest, AB as a massive forest fire heads towards their home in the Crowsnest Pass area. The Reno's have lived in the area for over 60 years.
Hillcrest resident Mike Reno says he feels "defeated" as he sits on the tailgate of his truck containing some of his belongings as he and his wife Irene prepare to evacuate the small hamlet of Hillcrest, AB as a massive forest fire heads towards their home in the Crowsnest Pass area. The Reno's have lived in the area for over 60 years.
Giant plumes of smoke billow up from the Lost Creek forest fire which makes its way towards the towns of Hillcrest, Blairmore, and Coleman, Alberta.
Ron Strandquist puts a water sprinkler on the roof of his home in hopes of minimizing any fire damage from a massive forest fire that threatens the small hamlet of Hillcrest, AB.
Gary Luini, a firefighter with the Rapid Fire & Rescue unit out of Calgary, puts out some hotspots at the Northeast perimeter of a massive forest fire which threatens the community of Hillcrest, AB. Although the community remains on a one-hour alert notice, the fire threat to their small hamlet has diminished somewhat as the wildfires have shifted their movement in a Southwesterly direction.