4 reasons Alberta’s wildfire is such a nightmare

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By Xian Chiang-WarenMay 10, 2016, 12:22 pm80 pts
Officials say the massive wildfire raging across Canada’s oil capital of Alberta will take months to extinguish. The fire has already destroyed 24,000 buildings in Fort McMurray and forced nearly 90,000 people to flee their homes, but what’s making it so hard to control? It seems the “perfect…

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