Wildfires across Alberta have forced thousands to flee their homes, according to the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA).

With hot temperatures, strong winds and threats of lightning throughout the previous week, Alberta Wildfire warned weather conditions could cause fires to be very active and likely grow. The agency also issued a fire ban for northern and central parts of the province’s Fire Protection Area,

Quebec has stepped in to help neighbouring provinces battling severe wildfires, as flames driven by a late-May heat wave continue to spread across Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Premier François Legault announced on Sunday(June 1) that a specialized management team will head to Alberta on Tuesday,

Canada, the world’s fourth-largest crude producer, has long seen its energy output threatened by wildfires that rage through the dense forests of northern Alberta in spring and summer. In 2016, a blaze shut down the massive oilsands mines just north of Fort McMurray, taking more than one million barrels of daily production offline.

Alberta isn’t the only province grappling with fires. Manitoba declared a province-wide state of emergency on Wednesday amid intensifying blazes in the northern part of the province, with the largest evacuation centered on Flin Flon, Man. where at least 17,000 people have fled the blazes.

A red flag watch is issued when there's high fire danger risk due to warm temperatures, very low humidity and stronger winds — and it comes as more thunderstorms are expected.

More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S.

Firefighters battling a blaze in a remote northern Alberta town became trapped Thursday as raging wildfires closed in on communities across the province, forcing thousands to flee. Fires raging in central and northern Alberta grew increasingly volatile Thursday,