2 firefighters hurt in brush fire east of Edmonton; in stable condition

Two firefighters are in hospital after being hurt while fighting a brush fire northeast of Edmonton.

The men were hurt in two separate areas of a brush fire in Lamont County.

Two firefighters are in hospital after being hurt while fighting a brush fire northeast of Edmonton. Photo: @nfitzpatrick.

County communications co-ordinator Heather Atkinson says the firefighters are in stable condition in hospitals in Lamont and Edmonton hospital.

She says the fire started Monday and has burned between 31 and 38 square kilometres.

Atkinson says two homes and more than a dozen outbuildings have been destroyed.

There is no mandatory evacuation and no state of emergency, but are telling residents to be prepared to evacuate if required.

Lamont county firefighter struggle to fight a 21m2 fire. It's already burned at least 1 occupied home. #yeg pic.twitter.com/gNG7Dlpm86

— Fletcher Kent (@FletcherKent) April 19, 2016

Fire Fight: Lamont County releases new images of the fire that destroyed homes/injured firefighters pic.twitter.com/YyWkrLyITF

— nfitzpatrick (@nfitzpatrick) April 19, 2016

Bush fire north west Lamont County pic.twitter.com/glVge9hR8t

— Ken R Motiuk (@krmotiuk) April 19, 2016