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eased on Tuesday thanks to cooler weather, but thousands of people remain under evacuation orders and officials warned temperatures are expected to rise in the coming days.
“While there has been some rain in the last 24 hours we remind everyone the situation can change rapidly and there continues to be dry conditions in many parts of the province,” Mr Colin Blair, executive director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, told reporters at a news conference. The fire danger remains high in many parts of northern Alberta and the province is forecast to have high temperatures return by the end of this week.
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