Smoke from Canadian Fort MacMurray Wildfires Visible from Space

Smoke from around Fort MacMurray, Alberta, Canada

Fires are common in the boreal forests of Canada, but I don't recall one like this ever in May. Climate change is being blamed, but this is an El Niño year and weather patters and rain fall have shifted.  A dry winter and warm spring, along with poor forest policy, set up conditions for this fire.

Prayers and best wishes to those affected by this fire.
Canada Red Cross Alberta Fire Relief

Instapundit: Flashback: Where fires come from (yeah, there is a man made element to this)

Canadian Federal Government on sidelines waiting for request for assistance from Alberta

Fires Expected to double in size and could burn for months