Wildfires

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Early-season wildfires erupt across Southwest as drought and wind event strain firefighting resources

A cluster of fast-moving wildfires fueled by a record-dry winter and a multi-day downslope wind event has burned more than 180,000 acres across Arizona, New Mexico and southern Colorado, forcing evacuations in 14 communities and stretching federal firefighting crews barely a month into the western fire calendar.

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Early-season wildfires erupt across British Columbia and Alberta as record-dry spring pushes fire crews into May

More than 110 active wildfires were burning across British Columbia and Alberta on Saturday, with smoke plumes drifting south into Washington, Idaho and Montana, after the driest April on record in the Canadian Prairies set the stage for what officials are calling the earliest serious fire start in a generation.

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