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Fire restrictions were in effect for the High Level Forest Area and entire Fort McMurray forest area, where wildfire danger was extreme, Alberta's wildfire agency said. Fire restrictions limit ...
Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined at this same point in the year, according to statistics from the Alberta government.
Smoke and fire are seen on the horizon amid "unprecedented" wildfires in western Canada's Alberta Province, May 6, 2023, as seen from Valleyview, Alberta. TJ Kennedy/Reuters ...
Item 1 of 3 Smoke rises from wildfire SWF076, which has prompted a one-hour evacuation notice for the nearby town of Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada in an aerial photograph May 25, 2025.
As of late Wednesday, there were 175 active wildfires across the oil province, with a dozen in the area of Fort McMurry—the biggest oil sands production center in Alberta.
Alberta's wildfires have led to the suspension of approximately 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) of heavy crude production, which constitutes around 7% of Canada's total oil output. The Caribou Lake ...
Alberta Wildfire is working closely with B.C. Wildfire Service and the County of Grande Prairie to respond to this wildfire; ... Hay River 209 Indian Reserve and Chateh have been evacuated, ...
Sunny skies, warm temperatures and gusty winds have prevented Alberta firefighters from getting the upper hand on a number of out-of-control wildfires burning in the province.
As Canada's Alberta province remains under elevated wildfire risk due in part to intense drought, social media users are claiming there are somehow no fires in Wood Buffalo National Park. This is ...
The Kiskatinaw River wildfire, south of Dawson Creek, has now forced the evacuation of 110 civic addresses near the B.C.-Alberta border and closed Highway 52 east.
Wildfires raging in the Canadian province of Alberta triggered fire restrictions in two forest areas, the province's wildfire agency said on Tuesday.