The County of Grande Prairie expanded its evacuation order, as a wildfire that ignited in British Columbia has crossed into Alberta as of Friday afternoon.

The Kiskatinaw River fire, which started just west of the Alberta-B.C. border, entered Alberta as of 1:06 p.m. MT Friday, according to the Alberta Emergency Alert website.

According to the B.C. Wildfire Service map, the fire was discovered May 28. The County of Grande Prairie, about 415 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, has been monitoring the fire, issuing its first evacuation alert on May 29. It upgraded that to an evacuation order Thursday, forcing some residents to leave their homes.

Just before 8:45 p.m. Friday, the county expanded the area affected by the order.

People living north of Township Road 700 to Township Road 740,

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