Wildfires in Canada: Canada evacuated more than 13,000 people in Alberta by Friday, as 78 wildfires burned. The territory of the Little Red River Cree Nation was among the worst-hit areas. It comprises three communities in the north of the province, where Fox Lake fire raged over 1,458-hectare (3609-acre) area andconsumed 20 homes and the police station.
As if this was not enough, rapid snow melt triggered flooding across interior British Columbia.
The entire 7,000-strong population of Drayton Valley, 140 km (87 miles) west of the provincial capital Edmonton, was also ordered to evacuate late on Thursday night.
Evaluating operational impacts
Pembina Pipeline Corp, which operates oil-gathering pipelines in the region, said it has activated emergency response and incident management processes and is “”.
There were no reported impacts on oil and gas producers.
There have been 348 wildfires in Alberta this year and more than 25,000 hectares burned, said Christie Tucker, an information unit manager for Alberta Wildfire.
“This is significantly more wildfire activity for this time of year than we have seen any time in the recent past,” Tucker told a press conference, adding fires were expected to intensify on Friday.
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