Wildfire live updates: New Brunswick sending aid to Alberta | Wildfire smoke reaches UK

There are 49 fires burning in Alberta , with 26 classified as out-of-control.

Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and is blowing over the UK .

Smoke is contained in a thin, high-altitude layer and is not expected to have any air quality effects, but it could be noticeable Monday evening and early Tuesday morning .

Over 470,000 hectares have burned in Alberta in 2025 .

Eight out-of-control wildfires of note in northern Alberta , while south contends with extreme’ fire danger.

Cenovus Energy Inc. put customers on notice that it may not make some oil deliveries from one asset and evacuated staff from another in the Cold Lake region.

The company said it is still producing oil from the project, though the startup of an additional 70,000 barrels per day of production will be delayed as a result of the power loss.

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) has already placed Canada at its highest level — 5 — on the National Preparedness Levels chart.

With below-normal snowpacks during the winter and predicted summer -time drought conditions hitting various parts of Canada , the wildfire season could be a difficult one.

Already, Manitoba and Saskatchewan have declared states of emergency.