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Tallcree First Nation evacuation over, 200 allowed home

About 200 people forced from their homes by wildfires in a remote northern Alberta community can go home.

Currently 93 fires burning in Alberta, 37 out of control

A helicopter flies above a wildfire burning near the Tallcree First Nation earlier this week. (Alberta Wildfire Info)

About 200 people forced from their homes by wildfires in a remote northern Alberta community can go home.

RCMP say the evacuation order affecting the North Tallcree First Nation has been cancelled.

At one point flames from the fires came within three kilometres of the reserve.

The community was evacuated Thursday as a precaution, with many people leaving for nearby High Level.

RCMP say firefighters worked long and hard to protect the community.

An Alberta official says there are 93 wildfires burning in the province Tuesday, including 37 listed as out of control. No new fires have started in the last 24 hours.