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OTTAWA , Canada (AFP) — Wildfires sweeping through Canada’s Alberta province on Tuesday destroyed a remote lodge used to house hundreds of oil workers and threatened other camps north of the blaze-hit city of Fort McMurray, a top official said. Thousands of people had been evacuated overnight from the lodges, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the blaze-hit city, as the fires spread and intensified, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told a press conference. The […]
by Michel COMTE FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AFP) — Fort McMurray is largely intact despite a week of damage from the wildfires devastating Canada’s oil sands region, Alberta’s premier said after touring the ghost town on Monday. Firefighters warned, however, that the tens of thousands of evacuated residents would not be able to return for at least two weeks. “It was a miracle we got the entire population out safely,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told reporters. […]
FORT MCMURRAY , Canada (AFP) — The wildfires around the Canadian city of Fort McMurray were moving “much, much more slowly” on Sunday, Alberta premier Rachel Notley said, as she also lowered the estimate of the area destroyed so far. Officials earlier Sunday had warned that the fires could reach neighboring Saskatchewan province but as the day wore on the advancing edge of the blaze had slowed and the fire is still 40 kilometers (25 miles) […]
MONTREAL, Cnada (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people evacuated from the Canadian city of Ft. McMurray because of raging forest fires face a long wait to return home, an official said Thursday. The damage from the blazes is major and there is no way to predict when evacuees can go home, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said. “Unfortunately, we do know that it will not be a matter of days,” she told a news conference. […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Most of the 100,000 residents of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to leave town late Tuesday as a fire swept through the oil sands region, in Alberta province’s largest ever evacuation. “All of Fort McMurray is under a mandatory evacuation order,” Alberta emergency services announced, after previously indicating that the northern edge of the fire was “growing rapidly.” The airport was still open. “Be patient, drive safely and please […]
