Out-of-control fire burning at Ukrainian cultural village, closes Highway 16 at Elk Island

Visitor Buildings Burn in Grass Fire That Swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Firefighters who battled a wind-fanned grass fire that spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton managed to save the historic structures at the open-air museum, but provincial officials say the visitor centre buildings were lost. Alberta Arts, Culture and Status of Women Minister Tanya Fir, as well as MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, whose constituency takes in the village, say in a statement that the visitor centre buildi…

Visitor buildings burn in grass fire that swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

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Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village fire east of Edmonton under control

Mounties say a grassfire that spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton Friday is now under control.

Wildfire damages Ukrainian ethnographic museum east of Edmonton in Canada – media

A grass fire has spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village ethnographic museum and led to the closure of a highway in Elk Island National Park and the evacuation of residents east of Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan in the Canadian province of Alberta on Friday evening, the local Edmonton Journal said.

Wildfire near national park burns buildings at Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Several buildings in the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton were destroyed or damaged Friday in a wildfire near Elk Island National Park.

Wildfire burns Ukrainian Cultural Village, shuts Highway at Elk Island National Park, evacuation alert

Wildfire burns Ukrainian Cultural Village, shuts highway at Elk Island National Park, evacuations underway.