I read something on Global that said it was all started along the rail line. So chances are decent it was from the trains. Several years ago when we lived in Innisfail, we had a dry year like this, and CP came through one day and about set the town on fire. Spot fires from just past Penhold on the 2A, through Innisfail, and almost out to the Bowden Pen. Townspeople were out in their back yards with the hoses, trying to help - firefighters could hardly keep up. With the tracks right through town, there were a lot of homes that had the tracks right out their back yards/gates. That was a scary day.
We drove in from east of Calgary and could see the smoke cloud by the time we hit city limits. Had to drive over to the Market Mall area (appts) and by the time we got over there, figured it had to be in Bowness. Thank LRon that the CFD had so much extra help.
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