Alberta officials on Saturday lifted mandatory evacuation orders in some areas north of Fort McMurray, where a raging wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people and the closure of oil sands operations, AP reported.
Officials said (...)
Some 8,000 workers at oil camps north of the fire-ravaged Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to evacuate late Monday as authorities continued the battle to bring wildfires under control.
The mandatory evacuation zone was extended to 50 km (...)
Canadian officials said Tuesday they are taking a second look at their plan to allow people to return home to Fort McMurray after a raging wildfire spread north toward oil sands plants, AP reported.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told a news (...)
Canada's Prime Minister arrived in wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray on Friday and after taking a helicopter tour to assess the damage said he doesn't think most Canadians comprehend yet the scope of what happened in the oil sands capital, where more (...)
The premier of Alberta said that Canada's oil sands city has been largely saved and that a plan will be put together within two weeks so that most of the 88,000 evacuees can return home.
At least two neighborhoods in Fort McMurray were completely (...)
The entire population of the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, has been ordered to evacuate from a wildfire that officials said destroyed whole neighborhoods.
More than 80,000 residents have been ordered to flee as flames continued (...)
An out-of-control wildfire destroyed much of one neighborhood in the remote Canadian city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, and badly damaged other areas, the local government said Wednesday.
The fire broke out southwest of Fort McMurray Sunday, shifting (...)
A fire at a major oilsands plant in Northern Alberta has injured four workers and caused the shutdown of the facility that produces about 90,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil a day, according to AP.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. said Friday that (...)