Alberta officials say cooler weather and showers help in battle against wildfires
Cooler temperatures and a bit of rain were delivering some relief for firefighters as they continued to battle wildfires threatening communities in central northern Alberta, but provincial officials warned the reprieve was only in some areas and lightning was sparking some new blazes.
A provincewide state of emergency was declared Saturday. Premier Danielle Smith was scheduled to have a phone call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday to discuss possible help from the federal government. “When we see that lifting in conditions — a little bit of humidity, a little bit of coolness — it means that our firefighters can actually get a little bit closer to areas of the fire they had not been able to get into before,” Tucker said.Higher temperatures were forecast to return to most areas in a couple of days, however.Keith Lenz said he packed his truck with everything he owned and drove out of Drayton Valley with his wife and dog Friday morning.
Sitting outside an evacuation facility set up at the Edmonton Expo Centre, Lenz said he doesn’t know if he has a home to go back to.“The most stressful part is not knowing where the fire has burned, what’s left, where it is now or how much damage has been in those areas.” Electric transmission company AltaLink posted on Twitter late Saturday that “the incredible work of firefighters” slowed fire growth that was threatening infrastructure that supplies power to areas west of Edson, including Hinton, Robb and Jasper, and that cooler weather was expected to help, too.
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