Alberta bracing for a long wildfire season fuelled by drought
Alberta is bracing for another challenging fire season and with fire officials urging communities to prepare for conditions to grow more volatile as a summer drought settles in.
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![Firefighters travel through an area of Alberta forest ravaged by fire. Officials are warning that fire conditions will grow increasingly volatile in the province this weekend. Firefighters dressed in yellow walk through a stand of burned trees.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6847810.1684425645!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/alberta-wildfire-firefighters.jpg)
Alberta is bracing for another challenging fire season and with fire officials urging communities to prepare for conditions to grow more volatile as a summer drought settles in.