Alberta wildfires by year to current date of March 2nd. This year is well ahead at 31. Same date in 2023 only had 13.
We have currently 52 active fires meaning by subtraction there are 21 'zombie' fires which have so far survived the winter.
The forecast for the end of the week is again into melting temperatures.
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