Canada’s Alberta faces more wildfires amid hot, dry weather

Canada’s main oil-producing province of Alberta faces another hot and dry weekend, with warnings of more intense wildfires after blazes forced thousands
to evacuate homes and temporarily shuttered energy production.
Authorities in at least one fire-ravaged area said Saturday they had already seen an increase in fire activity and were expecting more.
Special alerts have been declared across western Canada, and officials urged vigilance with temperatures in some areas forecast to hit 30° Celsius (86°F), 10 to 15 degrees above normal.
“We are expecting hot and dry conditions in most of the province, which will make the wildfire danger climb,” Alberta Wildfire official Josee St-Onge told a briefing on Friday