Alberta’s unprecedented wildfire crisis threatens to drag on through the summer months.
As of Wednesday morning, 96 wildfires were burning across the province. Of the 91 fires burning inside Alberta’s forest protection areas, 27 are classified as out of control.
Firefighters are bracing for a long, gruelling season.
“Given the amount of fire we’re currently seeing on the landscape, it will be months before all these fires are brought under control, unless we get a significant shift in the weather that brings a lot of moisture,” Alberta Wildfire information officer Josee St-Onge said Wednesday.
“Given the sheer number of fires we’re seeing, it’s going
