The wildfires in Alberta have been nothing short of devastating.
Tinderbox conditions over the past week have fuelled new and worsening fires and nearly 30,000 Albertans have been evacuated from their homes.
As of Tuesday morning, the province is reporting at least 84 active wildfires across the province. Just over half of those are currently under control, approximately 20 per cent are being held and 29 per cent are burning out of control.
As of Monday, the province included 14 wildfires of note in its total tallies, all located in the Forest Protection Area across central and northern Alberta.
Cool and damp conditions over the weekend and into early this week have given firefighting crews a bit of a reprieve in some parts of the province, allowing them to bring multiple fires under control and lower the number of active fires. Some evacuees have been given the green light to return home, too.
Temperatures are expected to skyrocket into the high 20s in most parts of the province by the end of the week, and experts say this could once again result in an elevated risk of wildfires.
Cameras captured some of the devastation and dangerous conditions caused by the Alberta wildfires over the past week.
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