[The temperature rises this weekend, and the fire hazard in Canada’s oil town increases]
As of Saturday afternoon (May 13) local time, there were 83 active fires in Alberta, Canada’s oil-heavy province, compared with 76 on Friday. As of 15:00 local time, 21 fires in Alberta were considered out of control. Bre Huntchinson, director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (EMA), said: “The situation is complex and dynamic, and the risk of new fires remains high.” Helped numerous oil and gas companies recover in part from shutdowns caused by previous fires. However, weather conditions have turned harsh again, with higher air pressure and lower humidity across Alberta. Josee St-Onge, a spokesperson for the local wildfire monitoring department Wildfire Alberta, said that the extreme fire conditions caused by the aforementioned weather conditions will make firefighters face challenges on the ground; new wildfires may be prone to new wildfires and spread rapidly, and “fires will increase.” .