Weather & Science

Alberta Fire Danger Eases With Rain as Oil Output Restored

Wildfire smoke above Highway 97, north of the Buckinghorse River near Trutch, British Columbia, Canada, on May 30.

Photographer: Nasuna Stuart-Ulin/Bloomberg

A second day of rain slowed the spread of wildfires in Alberta, allowing some oil sands production to resume.

Conditions Wednesday were a stark contrast to the explosive spread of blazes last week that forced evacuations and at one point shut about 7% of Canada’s daily oil production.