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Alberta Wildfire officials said firefighters from around the world are set to arrive in the province in the coming days.

Today, more than 175 new firefighters are arriving from the Yukon, British Columbia and the United States," said Christie Tucker, information officer for the agency.

"We'll be welcoming 215 from South Africa. This is truly an international effort."

Tucker said crews are working on the ground to control the spread of the fire burning near Fort Chipewyan in northeastern Alberta.

"Firefighters will be working on igniting small patches of vegetation just to remove that as something that the wildfire could feed on as it moves closer to the community ... It's one of the tools that we use to control the movement of a fire as much as possible and in a controlled way," she said.

According to Tucker, there are 61 wildfires in the forest protection area of Alberta — 15 of which are currently classified as "out of control."

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