All of Fort McMurray ordered to flee wildfire in the largest fire evacuation in Alberta's history

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7. Me, too. Between the open toxic pits and impact of climate change on conditions,

it's very dangerous.

They have already been having fires there and this year looks to be even worse than last.

Wasn't aware of the Wood Bison Refuge.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2675281/western-canada-wildfires-this-year-could-be-worse-than-last-say-experts/

Flannigan said conditions have been so dry some fires have burned two metres into the ground, forcing firefighters to dig out the fires or flood the ground with water.

“The wildfire season is off to a very active start. Is the rest of the season going to be like this? It’s hard to tell,” he said. “But if you believe the seasonal forecasts and the fact that El Nino is still kicking around, odds are we are going to have a very active fire season.”

Last year’s season was historically devastating: 7,068 wildfires burned roughly four million hectares of land, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. The overwhelming fires also saw crews from Australia and the U.S. come to help their Canadian counterparts.

Judith Kulig, professor in the faculty of health sciences at the University of Lethbridge, said the effects of climate change are also driving the increase in wildfires, and it’s not going to get better in the future.

“The whole aspect of climate change and global warming, which is then interrelated things such as insect infestation, so pine beetle increases because it’s not a cold enough winter,” she said. “The trees are infested and drier and more prone to fire.