Residents in Northern Alberta Area Affected by Wildfire Expected to Return Home

An aerial view of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, on the boundary of Wood Buffalo National Park, on Sept. 19, 2011. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

Residents forced to leave their homes in a community in northern Alberta are being allowed back in with a phased re-entry plan.

The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo says an evacuation order, which was issued on May 30 in response to the Rocky River wildfire, remains in place at this time.