Authorities in southeastern Alberta have ended an emergency alert that was in effect due to a wildfire.

An alert early on Sunday afternoon had warned that a fire east of the community of Dunmore was threatening residential homes.

Anyone in the immediate area of the fire, which was south of Highway 1 along Range Road 40, was being told to evacuate if it was safe to do so.

The alert was dropped a few hours later, and the province’s emergency alert system said that anyone evacuated by the wildfire could return home.

Cypress County Director of Emergency Management Joe Cartwright said in a social media post that the fire was contained and no residences were lost due to the extraordinary efforts of firefighters.

Dunmore is approximately 275 kilometres southeast of Calgary.

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