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Rain Serves Alberta Wildfires a Short Reprieve

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Canadian wildfires in Alberta are expected to ease a bit short term because of rainfall but warm temperatures are expected to persist in the weeks ahead.

  • In Alberta alone, 176 wildfires were burning Thursday and 54 are out of control, according to provincial government agency Alberta Wildfire.
  • A number of new fires were started earlier this week because of lightning, ripping through the town of Jasper and threatening the new TMX pipeline.
  • The wildfires have not damaged Trans Mountain’s infrastructure and pipeline operations continue to operate, the company said in a Thursday statement.
  • The equivalent of about 389,000 barrels a day of oil and more than 19,000 barrels a day of gas production was within 10 kilometers of one or more wildfires that were larger than 10 hectares as of early Thursday, according to Alberta Energy Regulator and Alberta Wildfire data.

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