Looks like we’re sending more smoke down south

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We had a big discussion of the fire here:

Fort McMurray, Alberta: Massive Wildfire, 80,000 Ordered to Evacuate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/wildfires-cause-chaos-in-canada-town/2016/05/03/46d1dae0-118d-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html This city is more than 500 miles north of the U.S/Canadian border. It really surprises me that there would be such a massive wildfire so far north and relatively early in the year. Global warming a possible partial cause? Or are wildfires common in this area?