WATERTON, ALTA.—Crews battling a wildfire near the U.S. border in Alberta are hoping an avalanche path will prevent the flames from spreading further into a national park that was badly burned last year. Dry and windy conditions Friday afternoon pushed the Boundary Wildfire north across the border for the first time into Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta. A US firefighting team heavy helicopter takes on water to fight the Boundary wildfire in Waterton Lakes in Alberta on Saturday, Sept.8, 2018. Crews battling a wildfire near the U.S. border in Alberta are hoping an avalanche path will prevent the flames from spreading further into a national park that was already badly burned last year. An evacuation alert was issued last month for Waterton Lakes National Park due to the fire that’s been burning on the U.S side in Glacier National Park, but the alert was later lifted when the area got rain.

Source: thestar September 08, 2018 23:26 UTC