As the phased re-entry of Fort McMurray continued Thursday, thousands of residents returned home to survey the damage, some coming back to complete destruction.
Upwards of 20,000 people were expected to return Thursday. Residents of Parson Creek, Stone Creek, Timberlea, Eagle Ridge, and Dickinsfield were eligible to return. Those areas represent more than 47 per cent of the city’s population, or about 40,000 people.
Fences blocked off some of the hardest-hit areas of the north side neighbourhoods.
“It’s shocking,” Rodney Price, a resident of Timberlea, said. “It’s a little overwhelming.
“The whole area, the trees are knocked down, the subdivision, that’s the devastating part for us. The house we can rebuild, we can fix it and move on from there.”
IN PHOTOS: Fort McMurray residents return home nearly 1 month after wildfire
Here’s a look at what some Timberlea and Dickinsfield residents came home to.
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