Alberta Wildfire responded to 1,210 wildfires in 2024, exceeding the record-breaking total from 2023 which was 1,080. This year 705,000 hectares burned in the province.
“This year we expected a busy season on the heels of 2023 and it was busy, it was challenging,” said Alberta Wildfire information officer Josée St-Onge.
“There was a lot of fire on the landscape in the spring already. May was pretty busy which is typical for Alberta. Then we saw some rain which slowed things down for the end of May and June,” said St-Onge. Of the 705,000 hectares burned, nearly 33,000 were in Jasper National Park — one of the largest wildfires in the province this year.Canada’s youngest dangerous offender seeks escorted prison leave
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