Alberta wildfires expected to burn for months, threaten oil sands mines (VIDEOS)
RT.com
8 May, 2016
Massive blaze in Alberta could double in size and go on for months, local officials predict. There are about 19,000 people already evacuated from the affected areas.
Apocalyptic landscapes of burned-out woods and towns, that’s what raging fire leaves behind, and no efforts of deployed 500 firefighters have been sufficient to tame the natural disaster.
“In no way is this fire under control,” AP cited Alberta Premier Rachel Notley as saying.
High temperatures, dry conditions and high winds blowing eastward continue to worsen the situation every minute. The blaze is expected to cover more than 200,000 hectares (494,211 acres) on Sunday, according to the Alberta government.
The flames have been nearing a major Suncor oil sands facility and even threatening to spill over into the neighboring Saskatchewan province.
“Unless we have a significant rain event of 100 millimeters of rain, we expect to be out fighting the fire in the forested area for months to come,” The Star quoted Chad Morrison, manager of Alberta’s wildfire prevention, as saying at a media briefing Saturday afternoon.
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