More than 100 wildfires over the past 1½ weeks forced about 30,000 people to leave home at one point. Read more at straitstimes.com.
OTTAWA - Canada’s main oil-producing province of Alberta faces another hot and dry weekend, with warnings of more intense wildfires afterAuthorities in at least one fire-ravaged area said Saturday they had already seen an increase in fire activity and were expecting more. Residents forced to evacuate early this month say they are frustrated with the indefinite displacement.
By Friday afternoon, 74 fires were burning across Alberta, 20 considered to be out of control, with about 16,500 evacuees.and restored most of the energy production, but expectations of rising weekend temperatures have fanned worries. On Friday, the town of Drayton Valley told residents in a Facebook post that they should expect to be out of their homes “at least another week.”
More than 200 soldiers were deployed after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government approved a request for federal assistance on Thursday, with about 100 more expected to join them over the weekend.
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