"Wildfires
Crews in B.C., Manitoba and Alberta are already busy this week fighting wildfires. A First Nations community in British Columbia has been put on evacuation alert, about a dozen people have been forced from their homes in Manitoba, and RCMP on Tuesday asked people to leave several homes in Alberta. Warmer, drier conditions mean more fires are inevitable. B.C. is no stranger to such blazes – it spent nearly $600-million fighting wildfires in 2009 and 2010 combined. Of those 4,700-plus fires, two-thirds were caused by lightning strikes on dry soil..."
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