Albertans getting some relief in the form of rainfall as some people return to their communities and homes to assess damage from two weeks of flames.
This is now the second-worst wildfire season — which runs until October — on record, Tucker said. The previous record was set in 1981, when 1.3 million hectares burned.Alberta continues to bring assistance from outside the province, including 96 firefighters from the United States arriving Wednesday and a team from Parks Canada that arrived Tuesday.
"But fighting fire is not something that will change overnight — particularly when you're dealing with a large-scale fire like this one," she said.Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued rainfall warnings for a large portion of western Alberta. Heavy rain with amounts of 50 to 75 mm is expected through until the middle of the week.
"Right now we are going to start to heal," he said in an interview Monday. Supernault said the big hurdle is getting power back on.He praised the firefighters from the community who had put themselves in danger to save lives and homes. A video circulating online shows local firefighters running down a road with large flames dominating the forest line.
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