LATEST UPDATES The federal government is standing by to support Alberta as the province deals with close to 80 active wildfires, the office of the emergency preparedness minister says.

More than 13,000 people across Alberta are now affected in some way by mandatory evacuation orders; 79 wildfires were considered active as of Friday morning, the province said. “We’re monitoring the reports of active wildfires in Alberta, and encourage Canadians in impacted areas to follow the guidance from their local officials,” said the office of the emergency preparedness minister, Bill Blair, in a statement to Global News. “While we have not received a Request for Federal Assistance from the Government of Alberta, we stand ready to support them if federal aid or resources are required.” Late Thursday night, the entire town of Drayton Valley and rural properties in Brazeau County were told to evacuate because of a blaze there.

Parts of the county surrounding Athabasca, north of Edmonton, were also ordered to get out. Earlier Thursday evening, the community of Entwistle in Parkland County was told to get out once again, just one day after people there were allowed to return after being ordered to leave their homes over the weekend due to fire.

In northeastern Alberta, a wildfire destroyed at least one home and triggered evacuations on the Cold Lake First Nation. Late in the afternoon, an evacuation order was issued for part of Lac Ste.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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