Rain helping Alberta wildfire fight, but warming weather ahead
Fort McMurray fire categorized as held while Grande Prairie wildfire considered under control at 1,298 hectares.
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Fort McMurray fire categorized as held while Grande Prairie wildfire considered under control at 1,298 hectares.
Just as the rain and cool weather helped keep wildfires at bay, a change to hot and dry weather can bring raging wildfires back, says Minister Todd Loewen.
It's dry, windy and warming up in Alberta, where the risk of wildfires was put on display Monday when a rural area near Onoway was briefly told to be prepared to evacuate.
The initial ignition of natural gas at the rupture site has been extinguished and the secondary fire is now considered under control.
The weather has been a major factor in Parks Canada's wildfire risk reduction work this winter.