04-05-2016 23:20 via denver.cbslocal.com

Denver’s Record Less Than Heat Fueling Canadian Fire

By Chris Spears
DENVER (CBS4) – It’s hard to believe but temperatures on Wednesday afternoon in parts of central Canada were warmer than today’s record high of 88 degrees in Denver.
The record heat was caused by a combination of the jet stream transporting warm air northward and by localized wind patterns in the Canadian Rockies.
(credit: CBS4/Colorado’s Weather Center)
The unusually warm weather was fueling a massive wildfire that developed Sunday burning entire neighbor
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