Light rainfall and cooler temperatures slowed down wildfire activity in Alberta over the long weekend and more rain that’s in the forecast may help firefighters catch a breath during a record-breaking season of fires.
“This could be a turning point for the firefighters working out there on the fires,” Christie Tucker of Alberta Wildfire said during a news conference Monday.
“We have received rain, I understand, on almost every wildfire that’s currently burning in the province except those in the far north.”
She delivered the hopeful message while also telling reporters that 2023 has been the most active spring for fires on record with 945,000 hectares burned, surpassing 615,000 in 2019….