Conditions have Banff National Park under a fire ban, with lesser advisories and restrictions in place in areas south and west of Calgary.
The conditions have Banff National Park under a fire ban, with lesser advisories and restrictions in place in areas to the south and west of Calgary.“That area is under an extreme fire danger right now. Anytime we see areas of hot and dry conditions, like we have, it definitely elevates the fire danger level.”
So far in 2022, southern Alberta has avoided the high levels of wildfire and ensuing smoke that characterized recent summers. “We’re still in the thick of fire season right now,” Story said. “Last year, 67 per cent of our wildfires were human-caused and those were 100 per cent preventable, so there’s steps we can take to reduce that number.”
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