Fire Fighters Watching Canadian Blaze, Worried About Summer Conditions In U.S.

The out-of-control wildfire burning in northern Alberta has fire officials south of the border casting a nervous eye toward the summer.

The latest news that the Canadian blaze has moved into oil fields after destroying parts of an entire city comes as the U.S. Forest Service issues its annual wildfire forecast for the western United States Tuesday.

 And the latest forecast is nothing short of a warning to communities in the western U.S. that a similarly destructive wildfire there is quite likely....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/17/478435457/wildfire-fighters-watching-canadian-blaze-worried-about-summer-conditions-in-u-s?ft=nprml&f=1001