Dry conditions return to Alberta, fire activity picks up Sunday

Fire activity in Alberta picked up overnight Saturday, with Alberta Wildfire counting 54 wildfires Sunday afternoon, including 14 which were classified as out of control. The day before, there were 49 wildfires for which the provincial department was leading the firefighting. The number of out-of-control fires remained the same. Among the largest is the 132,000-hectare Long Lake fire in northwestern Alberta near the B.C. border and community of Rainbow Lake and the 78,000-hectare Paskwa fire aff