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

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.

Grass fire spreads to Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton

EDMONTON — RCMP say a grass fire that closed a northern section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Alberta that had spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village is now under control.

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.

Wildfire burns Ukrainian Cultural Village, Highway 16 reopened to traffic

A windswept wildfire east of Elk Island National Park, behind the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, triggered evacuations Friday night, shutting down Highway 16 at the park, say RCMP.