Wildfire, estimated at 21 hectares, burning out of control in Kootenay National Park

An estimated 21-hectare wildfire is burning out of control in southern Kootenay National Park in British Columbia near the Alberta border, Parks Canada said Friday. 

In a Facebook post, Parks Canada said crews are responding to the wildfire in the Mitchell Ridge area of the park, approximately two kilometres east of the Kootenay Valley Viewpoint and seven kilometres north of Nipika Mountain Resort. 

The fire is considered out of control and is believed to have been caused by lightning. 

Parks Canada said two helicopters and three initial attack crews and two pieces of heavy equipment are on scene. 

The fire comes as Alberta’s wildfire crisis drags on, and as the return of hot weather

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