Alberta wildfires: Weather front moving into province could bring cooler temperatures, rain | FULL

Officials in Alberta provided an update Saturday afternoon on the wildfire situation in the province and said their forecasters are "tracking a front moving into the province from tomorrow which should bring much-needed cooler temperatures, humidity, and even rain," said Christie Tucker of Alberta Wildfire.

As of Saturday morning, Alberta Wildfire reported 96 wildfires are burning across the province — 90 of which are in the forest protection area — and 28 are out of control.

The fires have destroyed or damaged 275 buildings across the province, including homes, businesses, outbuildings and other structures as they blazed a path of destruction ten times the size of the Calgary area.

Alberta Emergency Management Agency executive director Colin Blair said he couldn’t get into the details of when and where buildings were lost, adding local communities are still informing property owners.

On Friday, there were 23 states of local emergency, five band council resolutions and 17 evacuation orders in place. A provincial state of emergency also remains. The province said Friday 10,523 Albertans remain displaced because of wildfire evacuation orders.

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