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While the fire moved away from Fort McMurray, two explosions and poor air quality continued to prevent residents and rebuilding crews from returning to the town. [53] By May 18, the fire had grown to 423,000 ha (1,050,000 acres) and expanded into Saskatchewan.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — 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 ...
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]
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.
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The 2023 fires were compared to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire [21] [22] and the 2021 Lytton wildfire. [ 23 ] The 2023 fire season was mainly driven by anthropogenic climate change , with temperatures in Canada from May to October 2.2 °C (4 °F) higher than the 1991–2020 average. [ 24 ]
Fort McMurray was granted the status of new town so it could get more provincial funding. By 1966, the town's population was over 2,000. In 1967, the Great Canadian Oil Sands (now Suncor) plant opened and Fort McMurray's growth soon took off.
The largest prior to this week’s fire was the 2006 East Amarillo Complex Fire, which consumed over 907,000 acres. Flower Mound firefighters help respond to a wildfire in the Texas Panhandle, on ...