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Wildfire live updates: Air quality warning in Calgary | Canada Post halts some deliveries | MEG Energy restores connection

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There are 56 fires burning in Alberta , with 23 of them classified as out of control.

MEG Energy has safely returned personnel to site and restored connection to Alberta ’s electric grid.

Canada Post has issued delivery service alerts for parts of Alberta , suspending deliveries due to wildfires and evacuation orders.

Smoke from wildfires in the Canadian prairie continues to blow across the Atlantic into Europe .

The evacuation order has been expanded to include all those located within Township Road 804 and Highway 49, between Range Road 100 and Range Road 95.

The County of Grade Prairie has downgraded its evacuation order and alert.

Yellowhead County has cancelled the wildfire alert for Peers and area.

Red Earth Creek remains under evacuation order as Red Earth East Complex fire moves towards community.

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) has already placed Canada at its highest level — 5 — on the National Preparedness Levels chart.

In Alberta , go to alberta.ca/wildfire-status.

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