Western Canada blazes cause evacuation orders, air quality concerns

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Weather’s role in wildfires in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire #weather #climatechange #wildfireseasonTORONTO -The season's first major wildfires have spread to roughly 8,000 hectares across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities issued an evacuation order for a community in British Columbia and warned of poor air quality across provinces.

Across the border in Alberta, residents of Fort McMurray, an oil hub in that faced extensive damage from wildfires in 2016, were asked to prepare to leave. Winds from the southeast are expected to push the wildfire away from a major highway and toward the Athabasca River.Six crews of wildland firefighters, 13 helicopters and airtankers were taming the fire on Sunday, said Alberta authorities.

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