Rain, cooler temperatures help prevent wildfire near Canada's oil sands from growing
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A wildfire that has forced thousands of people out of their homes in Canada’s oil sands hub city of Fort McMurray was held in place Thursday, as rain and cooler temperatures swept the area.
Alberta provincial wildfire information officer Christie Tucker said the blaze remained out of control — the only such designated fire in the province — but it did not grow overnight and remained at 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) in size.
“We’re seeing rain and cooler temperatures in much of the province this week, but unfortunately the northern part of the province is expected to stay drier and warmer,” Tucker told a news conference in the provincial capital of Edmonton.
The blaze remained just under 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the southwest outskirts of the community and less than five kilometers (3 miles) from the main highway south.
Related articles
Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelag2024-06-03Donald Trump's very Jersey Shore rally: Ex
Former President Donald Trump held a yuge Jersey Shore rally Saturday evening in Wildwood, where he2024-06-03Rochelle Humes flaunts her envy
She had been busy partying the night away with British Vogue on Friday night, so it was only right R2024-06-03Switzerland triumphs at the most political Eurovision ever: Nemo wins scandal
Switzerland's Nemo stormed to an unassailable victory in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest that was u2024-06-03How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 5/31/2024
Stocks ended mostly higher on Wall Street, closing out the market’s latest winning month. The S&2024-06-03Woman, 36, is charged with murder after 41
A woman has been charged with the murder of a man in a village in Somerset, police have said.The man2024-06-03
atest comment