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Alberta Flies Drones To Find Cause Of Epic Canadian Wildfire


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Mat Matthews, operations and safety manager with Elevated Robotic Services, and Ron Windmueller, owner of Droneology, pose with drones as smoke rises from wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, CanadaBy Rod Nickel LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) - Fire-ravaged Alberta will use drones to investigate the cause of a huge blaze that has scorched the Canadian province and displaced some 88,000 people. Elevated Robotic Services, which has also deployed drones for mining and construction companies, has contracts with the Alberta government and insurance broker Hub International Ltd [HBINT.UL], said Mat Matthews, the Edmonton company's operations and safety manager. "It's like Google Maps but 100 times better," Matthews said at a police roadblock south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, as smoke from the 156,000-hectare (385,000-acre) fire blackened the sky.




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