On 1 May 2016, a wildfire began to spread in Fort McMurray in northeastern Alberta, Canada, leading to the mass evacuation of the oil boom town's 88,000 residents. Since then, the devastating fire, ...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta --A raging wildfire emptied Canada's main oil sands city, destroying entire neighborhoods of Fort McMurray, Alberta, where officials warned Wednesday that all efforts to ...

This post has been updated. A violent, fast-spreading wildfire has claimed a city in Alberta, Canada, forcing over 80,000 residents to evacuate on Tuesday night. It was the largest wildfire evacuation ...

The Fort McMurray fire—the one you probably forgot about—is still burning. In addition to the city it consumed to earn its name, the fire has burned forest over 500,000 hectares of land across ...

The wildfires raging through the Canadian province of Alberta have grown into a behemoth blaze that has consumed an area bigger than New York City. They have now scorched 85,000 hectares — 328 square ...

Thousands of evacuees who fled from their homes as a massive wildfire ravaged the Canadian city of Fort McMurray this week were being moved again Saturday — just as the blaze was on pace to double in ...

Ever since the devastating spring floods of 2020 in Fort McMurray, the northeastern Alberta community has been shoring up its defences against rising rivers. Now, officials with the Regional ...

Authorities in Alberta are getting a depressing handle on the burning of Fort McMurray, where a catastrophic wildfire forced the flight of more than 90,000 people and torched an area half the size of ...

Along with some good news, a worrisome scenario was delivered Friday afternoon at a press briefing about the roaring wildfire in the Canadian city of Fort McMurray. More than 1,200 escorted vehicles ...