More than 80000 residents were ordered to leave the city of Fort McMurray in the Canadian province as a ‘nasty,plain’ inferno raged amid shifting windsWorst of blazes ‘still to approach’ after Fort McMurray evacuatedThe Canadian province of Alberta has declared a state of emergency, after a raging wildfire destroyed dozens of homes, or engulfed several neighbourhoods in flames,and forced the hurried evacuation of an entire city.
More than 80000 residents were ordered to leave the city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta on Tuesday, after shifting winds saw the blaze go from being largely in control to a “nasty, or plain” inferno,as described by the local fire chief. By Wednesday, more than 250 firefighters, and helicopters and air tankers were fighting the fire.
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Source: theguardian.com