Fire crews take advantage of recent weather; update to be provided later

Cool and wet weather continued to help crews battling the wildfires in Jasper National Park.

This is a developing news story and will be udpated throughout the day.

Officials from Alberta Wildfire and the Alberta Emergency Management Agency are scheduled to provide an update on Alberta's wildfire situation in a virtual news conference. 

Watch it live on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca. 

Neither the premier or any government officials are expected to attend, according to the government media notice. 

As of Saturday morning, there were 157 wildfires burning in Alberta's protected forests, down from 163 the night before.

This number does not include what's called mutual aid fires, or fires that Alberta Wildfire is not the lead agency in responding to, such as the wildfire complex in Jasper National Park. There are seven such wildfires within Alberta's boundaries. 

Of the 157 wildfires in protected forests, 44 are burning out of control.