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Published Monday, June 28, 2021 6:21PM EDT Forestry experts hope clear, blue skies hold over Western Canada as unprecedented hot weather pushes wildfire risks to levels just as record-breaking. “The silver lining to this current heat wave thus far is that it s so hot and it s such a stable atmosphere that it s suppressing lightning activity,” University of Alberta wildfire scientist Mike Flannigan said Monday. “If there s no ignition, we don t have a problem.” That s a big if. A community in central British Columbia broke Canada s all-time heat record Sunday with a temperature of 46 C and even northerly cities like Edmonton are expected to near the 40 C mark this week. Those temperatures have much of the west nervously eyeing the sky for a spark that could touch off dust-dry forests.
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Forestry experts hope clear, blue skies hold over Western Canada as unprecedented hot weather pushes wildfire risks to levels just as record-breaking.
Flare-ups are seen from the Christie Mountain wildfire along Skaha Lake in Penticton, B.C. Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Forestry experts hope clear, blue skies hold over Western Canada as unprecedented hot weather pushes wildfire risks to levels just as record-breaking. The silver lining to this current heat wave thus far is that it s so hot and it s such a stable atmosphere that it s suppressing lightning activity, University of Alberta wildfire scientist Mike Flannigan said Monday.
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“If they get to the fire when it’s still small, you can put it out.
“But when you get extreme conditions like we’re seeing, that window is 20 minutes. You’ve got 20 minutes to put that fire out, then look out.”
Alberta is facing this year’s fire season with new technology such as drone aircraft and gels that enhance water’s fire-extinguishing capacity. The province cut staffing for fire lookout towers in 2019, but a statement from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen said the government has invested in other tools.
“Alberta Wildfire is always adapting and improving firefighting techniques and technologies from around the world.”
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