Fort McMurray Fire- Canada

Motomom34 · May 4, 2016

A fire has broken out in a Alberta Canada. Depending on what news you read, 60- 80,000 people are under mandatory evacuation. The wind will be picking up and hot weather today will be fueling the fire. I do not care what you think about their politics, Canada is our neighbor and I know they always send air tankers to help fight our forest fires in the US. Imagine 60,000 people evacuating and maybe displaced. That is huge news. Homes, jobs and the crude production are all being effected.

The "catastrophic" wildfire that has destroyed 1,600 homes and buildings in Fort McMurray, Alta., has now consumed more than 10,000 hectares, and is expected to rage out of control through the rest of the day.

At an update Wednesday morning, Fire Chief Darby Allen spoke of the fire almost as if it were a living thing. He said by 6 a.m. MT all structure fires in the city had been extinguished, but crews continued to battle the monster fire on several fronts.

He said neighbourhoods that escaped the flames Tuesday may still be in grave danger.

"This fire will look for them," he said, "and it will find them, and it will try to take them."
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1,600 structures, 10,000 hectares razed in Fort McMurray's 'catastrophic' wildfire

Fort McMurray is a major centre of Canada's oil sands industry - with vast oil reserves - and a major evacuation of staff was ordered.
Suncor Energy said its main plant was so far safe but crude production was being cut.
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Canada wildfire: 1,600 Fort McMurray buildings damaged - BBC News

I have heard two people say if the fire gets into the oil sands it will burn forever.

If you can, send thoughts and prayers to our neighbors to the north.

Altoidfishfins · May 4, 2016

last I read was that the oil sands projects are still miles away and out of danger (barring any sustained, major wind shifts)

I'll keep an ear to the track around here - the oil sands projects are customers of ours - and we sometimes get news from that neck of the woods, so to speak

Dunerunner · May 4, 2016

Prayers sent. Nothing like a forest fire to make you feel puny and helpless.

Motomom34 · May 4, 2016

Up-date on the fire:

Benfeld said there are another two fires burning in the area, one on the west side of Timberlea moving towards Parsons Creek, and another near Saline Creek to Clearwater and Draper Valley, near the Mackenzie Industrial Park.

Meanwhile, a thunderstorm east of Fort McMurray has caused over a dozen lightning strikes in the area.

“At around 5 p.m. there was a little storm that sparked up that gave about a dozen lightning strikes, maybe a few more … but it looks like it’s dissipated now,” Said Environment Canada meteorologist, Ross Macdonald. “It’s hard to say whether they were induced by the storm or the fire itself.”

A cold front is making its way through Fort McMurray tonight and is expected to lower temperatures. But at the same time, it’s also bringing with it high westerly winds gusting close to 70 km/h.

“There’s a few showers and thundershowers that have popped up, but it’s just so darn dry that the precipitation is just not reaching the ground,” said Macdonald. “The winds are going to be keeping up throughout most of the evening and into the overnight hours as the front moves through.”
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Flames inching towards Fort McMurray airport; wicked weather causing worries

Those in MT, ND and other northern border states will be getting smoke.

Mindgrinder · May 5, 2016

It's really bad...
Our network in Ft Mac is melted and a friend of the family has likely lost his house and spendy toys.
Keep them prayers coming plz.

kellory · May 5, 2016

Knee-mail outbound for several reasons

Mindgrinder · May 6, 2016

Update:
Fort McMurray residents can only hope for rain to halt massive wildfire

RMWB on Twitter
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With thousands of people now staying in evacuation centres, or with friends or relatives, the government is working on a plan to find "transitional housing" for families who lost everything when the wildfire swept away entire streets.

On Thursday, about 4,000 evacuees stranded north of Fort McMurray were flown to Calgary or Edmonton from runways at two oilsands camps, where many have been staying.
"
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Keep them prayers coming plz.

Motomom34 · May 7, 2016

Officials are forecasting that this fire could be doubling in size. 'The beast' wildfire could grow to 3 times the size of Edmonton by day's end

Keep these people in your thoughts. This devastation can happen anywhere.

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