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Progression
By May 30, in the Forest Protection Area of Alberta, there were 27 wildfires, ten of which that were out of control, 2 were being held, 9 were under control and 6 were "turned over to the responsible parties".By May 30, with three major wildfires spreading quickly overnight on May 29, there were about 10,000 wildfire evacuees. Thousands more were waiting on evacuation alerts.The Department of Agriculture and Forestry's Forest Protection Division reported that by May 31, there were 29 wildfires still burning with nine out-of-control fires. Of these, ten were caused by humans and one by lightning with 20 still under investigation. The total number of hectares burned was 496,739.19 or 4,967.4 km2 (1,227,500 acres). There were nine fires that were out of control. compared to six on May 27.By early morning on June 1, the area had increased to 528,842.99 hectare or 5,288.4299 km2 (1,306,799.5 acres). increasing to 571,770.49 hectare or 5,717.7 km2 (1,412,900 acres) within several hours.By May 31, 10,000 people had been evacuated, 16 homes, and the Steen River CN railway bridge, had been destroyed.
In terms of the number of wildfires alone, from March 1 to May 30, the number of fires in 2019 was "slightly under the five-year average" but the "amount of land burned is more than 3.5 times higher."
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