'Zombie' blazes and drought: Canada headed for another brutal fire season

"We are having an exceptional winter after an exceptional summer," laments Josee St-Onge, a spokesperson for Alberta firefighters.

Beneath the ground in Western Canada, dozens of zombie fires that started last year are still burning in the dead of winter, and with very little snow likely to lead to drought conditions Canadians are bracing for another apocalyptic forest fires season this summer. (Photo by AFP)