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4igxx}r]7{4k5sc(6cupg5ul_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg RSS Article content (Bloomberg) — The danger of wildfires in Canada’s main oil-producing province is projected to rise amid hot and dry conditions over the weekend and into next week. Article content Recent rain and cooler weather in western Alberta have helped reduce the number of wildfires to 76 from more than 100 earlier in the week, allowing oil and gas producers to restore some output that was shut down. But the favorable conditions aren’t expected to last, officials said on Friday. Article content “We are expecting hot and dry conditions in most of the province, which will make the wildfire danger climb,” Josee St-Onge, spokeswoman for Wildfire Alberta, said at a news conference on Friday. “We are likely to see more intense wildfire activity this weekend and into early next week.” This month’s blazes have largely spared the oil sands, but they have hammered the province’s drought-stricken west, forcing the evacuation of as many as 30,000 people and curtailing natural gas output. That pattern is shifting, with Fort McMurray, the biggest city in the oil-sands region, expected to see temperatures of 32C (90F) on Sunday, according to Environment Canada. Article content Article content The number of […]
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