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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Nia Williams

Cooler temperatures offer temporary reprieve for Alberta wildfires

FILE PHOTO: Firefighters search for hotspots by gridline at the Deep Creek Wildfire Complex near Evansburg, Alberta, Canada May 8, 2023. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS

Wildfires in Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta eased on Tuesday thanks to cooler weather, but thousands of people remained under evacuation orders and officials warned temperatures were expected to rise in coming days.

The wildfires also forced oil and gas producers to shut in at least 319,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), or 3.7% of the country's production.

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