July 9 (Reuters) - Wildfires raging in the Canadian
province of Alberta triggered fire restrictions in two forest
areas, the province's wildfire agency said on Tuesday.
Fire restrictions were in effect for the High Level Forest
Area and entire Fort McMurray forest area, where wildfire danger
was extreme, Alberta's wildfire agency said. Fire restrictions
limit when and where people can light campfires and bonfires.
Meanwhile, the Fort Nelson First Nation ordered an immediate
evacuation for the IR#3 Kahntah Reserve, British Columbia
authorities said.
"Anyone in the affected area must leave immediately," they
said in the statement.
"Currently there is one evacuation order due to wildfire in
British Columbia issued by Fort Nelson First Nation and no
properties are impacted," the British Columbia's Ministry of
Emergency Management and Climate Readiness said in an email.
Alberta's wildfire agency said that as of Tuesday afternoon,
there were 34 wildfires burning in the High Level forest area
with 10 of them out of control, while one that was classified as
out of control in Fort McMurray forest area, about eight km
(five miles) northeast of industrial facilities.
Last week Suncor, Canada's second-largest oil
company, temporarily curtailed some production and evacuated
non-essential workers from its 215,000-barrel-per-day (bpd)
Firebag site because of a fire roughly eight km (five miles)
away.
There are close to 60 active wildfires across Alberta.