20-10-2017 19:47 via edmontonjournal.com

More "Beasts" like the Fort Mac fire ready to pounce in the future

In November of 2016, author Edward Struzik took a trip to the top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park with two wildfire specialists, not to admire the spectacular view but to imagine the scene below if a massive wildfire like the one that hit Fort McMurray tore through the Banff town site.
This was not wild conjecture but a sobering possibility for those who study forest fires.
According to the experts, places considered particularly vulnerable include Timmins, Ont., Whistler, B.C., and L
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