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The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.
Read an excerpt below, about a horrendous 2016 wildfire that decimated Fort McMurray, the center of Canada's oil industry, and don't miss Tracy Smith's interview with John Vaillant on "CBS Sunday ...
Residents who were ordered out of Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home, authorities said Saturday. The Regional Municipality of Wood ...
The book details the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire which led to the evacuation of more than 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray, in the province of Alberta, Canada and the destruction of much of the town. The book was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction as well as the winner of the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction.
Beginning in mid-May, wildfires began to encroach on Fort McMurray, which had been devastated by fire in 2016. [14] [15] On the evening of May 10, the wildfire designated MWF017 was 16 km southeast of Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo had issued an evacuation alert. [16]
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The Richardson Fire (also known as the Richardson Backcountry Fire) was a 2011 forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was located north of the city of Fort McMurray in an area known as the Richardson Backcountry. The fire started in mid-May 2011, and burned over 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) of boreal forest.
It follows the events and aftermath of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, which caused billions of dollars worth of damage and destroyed around 2400 homes and forced the evacuation of over 80,000 people, [8] and describes the anthropological history between humans and fire, how it has shaped our societies, and how it now threatens them in the ...