State of Emergency in Alberta Town and Slave Lake Due to Raging Wildfire (Exclusive Photos)

SLAVE LAKE, Alberta - Low humidity, warm temperatures and dry ground have created perfect conditions for fast-moving wildfires and Slave Lake (Alberta Town) in under the same disastrous conditions.

Thousands of Alberta Town residents were seen leaving their homes and escaping to safer places on Sunday evening as burly winds forced an out-of-control wildfire into a northern Alberta town where hundreds of buildings were destroyed, including the town hall, police station and the radio station, and many roads to safety were blocked.

The authorities of Slave Lake Town instructed about 7,000 residents to guard themselves from the wildfire by heading for parking lots, beaches or large, green open spaces.

Huge clouds of smoke over Slave Lake, Alberta.



Slave Lake, Alberta Town Wildfire: Every effort is being done to control the raging fire 




Forest fires burn across Alberta. Low humidity, warm temperatures and dry ground have created perfect conditions for fast-moving wildfires




Flames and smoke fill the night skyline in Slave Lake late Sunday night.



Smoke seen rising from the wildfires near Slave Lake, Alberta, on Sunday, May 15, 2011

Slave Lake, Alberta is under a state of emergency, after two wildfires began raging on Saturday, May 14, 2011.