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Fort McMurray wildfire: ‘The fire conditions are extreme’: fire chief on how fire will be worse on Tuesday

May 3, 2016

Darby Allen, regional fire chief for the Wood Buffalo municipality, said the fire conditions are extreme in the region because higher temperatures cause the humidity levels to go down quicker, which means the fire will "go more ferociously and quicker than in days previously."

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