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An intense overnight storm that hit early Wednesday morning shook Edmontonians from their sleep, with more than 6,700 strokes of lightning detected in the city alone.

The storm rolled south through the province, lighting up skies in Edmonton around 2 a.m. before giving Calgarians an early wake-up later. The storm tapered off around 6 a.m.

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“It’s not uncommon for these nocturnal thunderstorms to bring a lot of lightning to the Edmonton area,” said Kyle Fougere, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. “This is our peak thunderstorm season, here in the middle of July.”

Lightning was the cause of at least 14 of the 27 new wildfires started in the province since 10 a.m. Tuesday. The biggest fire, burning in the Fort McMurray forest area, has already reached 200 hectares in size.

Alberta Wildfire says there’s no cause for concern with these new blazes.

“A lot of these fires are going to be smaller, they’re going to be easier to contain,” said Derek Gagnon, the provincial information officer at Alberta Wildfire.