Fire chews through transmission towers near Edson
Posted June 11, 2023 11:31 am.
Last Updated June 11, 2023 11:37 am.
Alberta’s largest regulated electricity transmission company is warning residents in areas near the Town of Edson to be prepared for extended power outages.
AltaLink issued a series of tweets saying several transmission towers south of Edson have been consumed and toppled by a spreading wildfire.
The company says so far, transmission infrastructure supplying power to towns west of Edson has not been affected.
The Saturday evening tweets from Alta Link say the situation remains fluid.
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Evacuation orders remain in place for Edson and parts of Yellowhead County, which is about 200 kilometres west of Edmonton.
Officials said in a video update Saturday that part of the massive fire was just 1.5 kilometres south of Edson’s boundary.
So far, the transmission infrastructure that supplies power to areas west of @townofedson, including @JasperMuni & @TownofHinton, has not yet been impacted. Where our crews were able to safely access, they captured these photos of our lines south of Edson damaged by #ABWildfire. pic.twitter.com/vOHzwCpK4Z
— AltaLink (@AltaLink) June 11, 2023
