'Bad Start To Fire Season Doesn't Necessarily Mean Bad Finish'

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 May, 2016 01:37 PM

VANCOUVER — An expert says this year's start to the wildfire season doesn't necessarily mean the fierce trend will continue into the summer.

John Innes, the dean of forestry at the University of British Columbia, says weather is the largest influence on wildfires, which makes forecasting extremely challenging.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has said the intense and early start to wildfires this year could spell a long and difficult season for all of Canada and not just for Alberta, which is still reeling from the disaster in Fort McMurray.

Innes says 2016 has been the most destructive fire season so far in recorded history.

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