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80,000 Evacuated Ahead of Alberta Fire

posted by takyon on Thursday May 05 2016, @01:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the fire dept.

butthurt writes:

In the Canadian province of Alberta, 80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the Fort McMurray area, where a wildfire has burned 1,600 buildings and more than 10,000 hectares (about 24,700 acres). The cause of the fire is unknown, but "very high temperatures, low relative humidities and some strong winds" are said to favor its spread.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 05 2016, @05:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 05 2016, @05:16PM (#342120)

    How common are property and life threatening forest fires in Canada?

    Not particularly common. Most recent was probably the slave lake forest fire in 2011, which destroyed most of the town. However, that was a much smaller place than Fort McMurray. This one will be up among the most destructive fires ever to hit the country.

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