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Two days after residents of four Fort McMurray neighbourhoods were evacuated, journalists had an opportunity to tour those areas and see the wildfire suppression efforts firsthand. Jasmine King reports live from the northern Alberta city.

Residents who were evacuated from communities in Fort McMurray, Alta., are being allowed to return home Saturday. While a nearby wildfire is still classified as out of control, officials say crews have made significant progress on the blaze. Erik Bay has the details.

Fort McMurray families have started arriving in Calgary as they anxiously wait for updates on the wildfire situation back home. Oil companies, too, are closely monitoring the fires, with some moving all but essential staff out of harm’s way. Sarah Offin has more.

Hundreds of people who were forced to flee Fort McMurray have made their way to Edmonton, where an evacuation reception centre was opened at the Clareview Rec Centre to help those looking for shelter. Kabi Moulitharan has more on how the city is prepared to lend a hand.

Roughly 6,000 people in Fort McMurray, Alta., have been ordered out as a nearby wildfire puts their lives and homes in danger. Heather Yourex-West reports on how communities destroyed in the 2016 wildfire disaster and since rebuilt are under threat again; and what’s giving firefighters a welcome reprieve.

A day after an evacuation order was issued for neighbourhoods on the south side of Fort McMurray, crews are working to protect the Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek, and Grayling Terrace communities. Nicole Di Donato has the latest.

Hundreds of residents in four neighbourhoods in the southern end of Fort McMurray have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire threatens the northern Alberta community. Sarah Ryan has the latest details as of Tuesday evening and Phil Darlington shares what to expect from the weather over the next 24 hours.

More than 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes in Fort McMurray as a wildfire burns out of control nearby. Nicole Di Donato has the latest from Fort McMurray.

While a wildfire is burning just a few kilometres away from Fort McMurray, Alta., there are plenty of firefighters, helicopters, and heavy equipment assigned to the city to help prevent the blaze from coming closer. As Jasmine King reports, a good break in the weather is also helping douse the flames and ease the fears...

As wildfire evacuees crowded the roads out of Fort McMurray and travelled down the two highways out of town, the scene brought back memories of a scramble to leave the city in 2016, as a ferocious blaze consumed thousands of homes. Now with a wildfire burning nearby once again, the experience bringing renewed calls for...

Once a wildfire reaches the size of the one near Fort McMurray, it will burn for a long time. Alberta Wildfire information officer Josee St-Onge also said it will burn for weeks or months.

Alberta Wildfire information unit manager Christie Tucker said Thursday, May 16, 2024 that the Fort McMurray wildfire did not grow overnight. It moved slightly to the northwest and remained about 5.5 kilometres from Fort McMurray limits.

Here we go again: that’s the sentiment Fort McMurray residents who fled the 2016 wildfire eight years ago, and were also affected by flooding more recently, felt as a new fire sprung up this week near the northern Alberta city. As Jasmine King reports, after living through that trauma and in some cases, losing everything...

It’s dry, windy and warming up in Alberta, which has led to wildfires sparking across the province, including up near Fort McMurray. As Breanna Karstens-Smith explains, officials and fire crews are applying lessons learned from the 2016 inferno to try and prevent a repeat disaster.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday she’s “prepared to do whatever is necessary” to ensure people’s safety amid the intensifying wildfire situation province-wide, and particularly, in the Fort McMurray area — which roughly 6,600 locals evacuated on Tuesday. Additionally, the province has put in place a fire ban in the high level and Fort McMurray...

Video from Alberta Wildfire shows helicopters fighting the fire near Fort McMurray with night-vision-equipped helicopters.

Firefighters say they’ve contained 80% of the wildfire near Grande Prairie, while Fort McMurray and several nearby communities remain under an evacuation alert. Erik Bay has the story.

Alberta Wildfire information officer Josee St-Onge said fireguards are never foolproof and need to be supported by other actions. She explained that firefighters are building a very large fireguard around the Fort McMurray wildfire.

The City of Calgary and the province are at odds over who is responsible for cleaning up an encampment. A Fort McMurray community remains on edge despite some relief from the weather. Wildfires and smoke could be taking a toll on the local tourism industry.

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes, as major wildfires continue to burn near Fort Nelson, B.C., and Fort McMurray Alta. As Heather Yourex-West explains, while cooler temperatures and rain in some areas are helping firefighters fend off the flames, the situation for these communities remains volatile.