Heavy smoke helps crews make gains against wildfires
Smoke from the northern wildfires has helped efforts to combat the blazes, according to the province’s top wildfire management official.
The heavy smoke has helped to reduce the fires’ activity since the sun is not directly hitting the ground and directly warming the fires, Steve Roberts, the province’s executive director of wildfire management, said.
“It’s helped us to secure especially those fires that are close to communities by putting people on the ground and getting some hose lines in place,” he said on Wednesday.
The cloud layer is filled with smoke and is so thick, the temperature on the ground is about 10 degrees cooler. The humidity is also about 10 to 15 per cent higher.