"Evacuations grow as province gets help from B.C., Ontario and Quebec".
"A change in weather conditions has helped firefighters fight the wildfires that have forced thousands of Albertans to flee their homes this past week, officials from the Alberta Emergency Management Agency and Alberta Wildfire said Sunday.
"Today we've seen some light scattered showers in the southern part of the province, as far north as Fox Creek. The good news is that it did have an impact on fire behaviour today in that area," Christie Tucker, information unit manager with Alberta Wildfire, told an afternoon news conference in Edmonton.
"It allowed firefighters to get a chance to work on the areas of some wildfires that they haven't been able to get close to because of extreme wildfire behaviour."
While the province is battling fires using air tankers and helicopters, Tucker said the change in weather conditions has been most beneficial to firefighters on the ground."
Mrinali Anchan reports for CBC News May 7, 2023.
SEE ALSO:
"How A Fire Went From ‘Prescribed Burn’ To Out Of Control In An Instant Near Banff" (Calgary Herald)
"Fire And Floods Across Western Canada Force Evacuations" (Reuters)
"Alberta Declares State Of Emergency Over Wildfires" (Reuters)
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