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Calgary’s Wildfire Warning: What You Need to Know | Calgary News
Calgary’s launching its first wildfire awareness campaign, targeting high-risk neighborhoods with signs directing residents to a city website for home and yard protection tips. Fire Chief Steve Dongworth warns this is just the beginning, as climate change intensifies urban fire threats — even as global fire counts dip, blazes are growing more destructive, with major outbreaks in Spokane and British Columbia already displacing hundreds. Calgary’s seen more fires in the first half of 2024 than in the entire span from 2017–2020. Drawing from his LA wildfire experience in 2025, Dongworth…
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