Wildfire near Camp Valaqua in July causes concern but no evacuation
Camp Valaqua. Photo: Jon Olfert.
When Camp Valaqua director Jon Olfert received a text on July 23 from a friend working with Alberta Wildfire saying that there was a three-acre fire 25 kilometres northwest of the camp, he didn’t think much of it. Olfert, who also works as deputy fire chief with the local Water Valley Fire Department, knew three acres was a small fire.
