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all of justin trudeau's stock of sand oil burns up in alberta wildfire , canada will have to talk to iran again and open up an embassy in tehran , which in turn will hamper US-iran relations
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http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/06/americas/fort-mcmurray-fire-canada/
Fort McMurray: Fire could double in size, Canadian official says
By Michael Pearson and Steve Almasy, CNN
Updated 0241 GMT (1041 HKT) May 7, 2016
Video shows home burn from Fort McMurray fire 01:40
The monster fire -- which is the size of Hong Kong and is almost 25% bigger than New York City -- has displaced about 88,000 people and wiped out 1,600 structures.
READ: Is this what climate change looks like?
The city of Fort McMurray has been devastated, damage witnessed by thousands of people who drove through Friday in evacuee convoys headed to Edmonton and other cities. More than 1,200 vehicles headed south down Highway 63, the lone road open for people relocating to emergency shelters and the homes of friends or family.
The convoys will continue as long as it's safe to run them, which for about an hour on Friday it wasn't.
One of the fleeing residents told CNN near Fort McMurray that the past few days have been like "hell on Earth. Just like hell."
Other residents had already made it to safety at the Edmonton Expo Centre.
Morgan Elliott and fiancée Cara Kennedy fled first to the Syncrude oil sands camp north of Fort McMurray with their baby, Abigail, but not much else. Then Friday it was time to try for Edmonton.
Canada wildfire evacuees: What they took with them
What they saw along the way was jaw-dropping.
"It was something like Armageddon," Elliott says. "Everything was burnt, houses gone. Leaving the city, it was like a scene out of a movie. It reminded me of the TV show 'The Walking Dead' where you're going on the highway, and there's just abandoned vehicles everywhere; hundreds of cars, just abandoned vehicles."
Edmonton resident Bill Glynn, who was working in Fort McMurray when the fire broke out, was in a convoy and told the Edmonton Journal newspaper that the scene was "like a war zone."
18 photos: Wildfire forces Canadian city to evacuate
A woman picks through donated clothing and goods at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche on May 5.
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The wildfire moves toward the town of Anzac on Wednesday, May 4. The wildfire began Sunday, May 1, and had torched 24,710 acres by Wednesday, CNN partner CBC News said. The cause of the blaze was unclear.
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People camp out at a beach south of Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Evacuees watch the wildfire near Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Traffic is at a standstill on Highway 63 south as residents flee the wildfire on May 4.
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Robert Parker, left, and Matt Jones siphon gas from two snowmobiles for their truck on May 4.
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A helicopter flies past the wildfire in Fort McMurray on May 4.
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The wildfire rages through Fort McMurray on Tuesday, May 3.
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The wildfire burns through northern Alberta in this image released by NASA on May 3.
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Smoke rises from a wildfire about 18 miles south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Friday, May 6. The fire hasforced more than 80,000 people from their homes in the area.
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A police helicopter lifts off through dust and smoke on May 6.
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The remains of a swing sits in a residential neighborhood destroyed by the fire on May 6, in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Home foundations and shells of vehicles are nearly all that remain in a residential neighborhood in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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A truck drives toward a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Evacuees leave Fort McMurray in the early morning, after being stranded north of the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Drivers wait for clearance to take firefighting supplies into town on Thursday, May 5, outside Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police surveys wildfire damage in Fort McMurray. The RCMP tweeted the photo on Thursday, May 5.
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Tyra Abo sits on a cot at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche, Alberta, on May 5.
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A woman picks through donated clothing and goods at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche on May 5.
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The wildfire moves toward the town of Anzac on Wednesday, May 4. The wildfire began Sunday, May 1, and had torched 24,710 acres by Wednesday, CNN partner CBC News said. The cause of the blaze was unclear.
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People camp out at a beach south of Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Evacuees watch the wildfire near Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Traffic is at a standstill on Highway 63 south as residents flee the wildfire on May 4.
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Robert Parker, left, and Matt Jones siphon gas from two snowmobiles for their truck on May 4.
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A helicopter flies past the wildfire in Fort McMurray on May 4.
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The wildfire rages through Fort McMurray on Tuesday, May 3.
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The wildfire burns through northern Alberta in this image released by NASA on May 3.
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Smoke rises from a wildfire about 18 miles south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Friday, May 6. The fire hasforced more than 80,000 people from their homes in the area.
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A police helicopter lifts off through dust and smoke on May 6.
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The remains of a swing sits in a residential neighborhood destroyed by the fire on May 6, in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Home foundations and shells of vehicles are nearly all that remain in a residential neighborhood in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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A truck drives toward a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Evacuees leave Fort McMurray in the early morning, after being stranded north of the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Drivers wait for clearance to take firefighting supplies into town on Thursday, May 5, outside Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police surveys wildfire damage in Fort McMurray. The RCMP tweeted the photo on Thursday, May 5.
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Tyra Abo sits on a cot at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche, Alberta, on May 5.
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"There were times you came over the hill and you couldn't see anything and just hoped the person ahead knew what they were doing," the newspaper quoted Glynn as saying.
"We had only gone two orthree klicks," he said, using a term for a kilometer, "and there was the fire right at the side of the road. It was coming towards us."
READ: How wildfires create their own weather
Canadian military helicopters hovered overhead to look out for smoke and flames along the evacuation route, while emergency gas stations were set up to keep the convoy moving.
CNN partner CTV posted photos it said were taken as the convoy drove through the northeastern Alberta city. Flames and towering columns of smoke filled the sky.
Pictures taken of Fort McMurray as the convoy went though town this morning #ymm #ymmfire #yegpic.twitter.com/gfzct25wNr
— CTV Edmonton (@ctvedmonton) May 6, 2016
Other people likely wil be airlifted out of the fire zone, as 7,000 were Thursday, according to authorities.
Some 15,000 people remain stranded north of the devastated city, but not all will leave, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said.
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Some hardy souls working for the oil industry will remain behind to tend to facilities there, authorities said. The region is known for its massive oil reserves -- the third-largest in the world.
But officers are going into accessible areas and looking for signs of others, Sgt. Jack Poitras, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told reporters Thursday.
"We still have some people who have been hanging around," he said.
Overnight, the fire's footprint grew, racing up to the doorstep of the community of Anzac before firefighters beat it back.
Winds were expected to shift and push the fire away from developed areas.
Morrison warned of "extreme fire behavior" in the following days as the blaze pushes into heavily forested areas.
The fire will likely burn for "weeks and weeks," he said.
"There's no tankers we can put at this thing to stop it," he said, noting the fire was so large and aggressive it's jumped a 1-kilometer wide river and created its own lightning.
The cause remains unclear, Morrison said.
But the region is in the midst of a drought, he said. Two months without appreciable rain has left vegetation dangerously dry.
Forecasters think Saturday will be dry and windy again, but there is a 40% chance of showers on Sunday and Monday.
Canadian wildfire: What we know
'The damage is extensive'
Canada wildfire: By the numbers
1,600: Structures destroyed
88,000: People evacuated
1,010: Square kilometers burned
250: Firefighters
12: Firefighting helicopters
0: Reported fatalities
Many evacuees are expected eventually to wind up in Edmonton, the provincial capital some 379 kilometers (236 miles) to the south, or Calgary, where residents and officials were working to set up accommodations for the influx of temporary residents.
Canadians step up to help
Across the region, residents held food and clothing drives and raised money for victims. Others offered to put up families displaced by the fire. Restaurants gave out free meals. The Edmonton library system is allowing full use of its facilities and services, while Edmonton schools scrambled to welcome students.
Labatt Breweries of Canada is donating more than 69,000 cans of drinking water to firefighters and evacuees. A truck carrying more than 2,880 cases of water canned left the brewer's Alberta distribution center on Friday.
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Edmonton
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How to help victims of the Fort McMurray fire
Some 14,000 families had registered with the Canadian Red Cross, authorities said.
They won't be able to go home anytime soon.
"It will not be a matter of days," Notley said Thursday. "The damage is extensive."
What we know about the fire
fracking is good only if you have the proper storage
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...spv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=canada+wildfire+news&tbm=nws
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/06/americas/fort-mcmurray-fire-canada/
Fort McMurray: Fire could double in size, Canadian official says
By Michael Pearson and Steve Almasy, CNN
Updated 0241 GMT (1041 HKT) May 7, 2016
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Video shows home burn from Fort McMurray fire 01:40
The monster fire -- which is the size of Hong Kong and is almost 25% bigger than New York City -- has displaced about 88,000 people and wiped out 1,600 structures.
READ: Is this what climate change looks like?
The city of Fort McMurray has been devastated, damage witnessed by thousands of people who drove through Friday in evacuee convoys headed to Edmonton and other cities. More than 1,200 vehicles headed south down Highway 63, the lone road open for people relocating to emergency shelters and the homes of friends or family.
The convoys will continue as long as it's safe to run them, which for about an hour on Friday it wasn't.
One of the fleeing residents told CNN near Fort McMurray that the past few days have been like "hell on Earth. Just like hell."
Other residents had already made it to safety at the Edmonton Expo Centre.
Morgan Elliott and fiancée Cara Kennedy fled first to the Syncrude oil sands camp north of Fort McMurray with their baby, Abigail, but not much else. Then Friday it was time to try for Edmonton.
Canada wildfire evacuees: What they took with them
What they saw along the way was jaw-dropping.
"It was something like Armageddon," Elliott says. "Everything was burnt, houses gone. Leaving the city, it was like a scene out of a movie. It reminded me of the TV show 'The Walking Dead' where you're going on the highway, and there's just abandoned vehicles everywhere; hundreds of cars, just abandoned vehicles."
Edmonton resident Bill Glynn, who was working in Fort McMurray when the fire broke out, was in a convoy and told the Edmonton Journal newspaper that the scene was "like a war zone."
18 photos: Wildfire forces Canadian city to evacuate
A woman picks through donated clothing and goods at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche on May 5.
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The wildfire moves toward the town of Anzac on Wednesday, May 4. The wildfire began Sunday, May 1, and had torched 24,710 acres by Wednesday, CNN partner CBC News said. The cause of the blaze was unclear.
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People camp out at a beach south of Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Evacuees watch the wildfire near Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Traffic is at a standstill on Highway 63 south as residents flee the wildfire on May 4.
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Robert Parker, left, and Matt Jones siphon gas from two snowmobiles for their truck on May 4.
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A helicopter flies past the wildfire in Fort McMurray on May 4.
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The wildfire rages through Fort McMurray on Tuesday, May 3.
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The wildfire burns through northern Alberta in this image released by NASA on May 3.
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Smoke rises from a wildfire about 18 miles south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Friday, May 6. The fire hasforced more than 80,000 people from their homes in the area.
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A police helicopter lifts off through dust and smoke on May 6.
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The remains of a swing sits in a residential neighborhood destroyed by the fire on May 6, in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Home foundations and shells of vehicles are nearly all that remain in a residential neighborhood in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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A truck drives toward a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Evacuees leave Fort McMurray in the early morning, after being stranded north of the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Drivers wait for clearance to take firefighting supplies into town on Thursday, May 5, outside Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police surveys wildfire damage in Fort McMurray. The RCMP tweeted the photo on Thursday, May 5.
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Tyra Abo sits on a cot at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche, Alberta, on May 5.
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A woman picks through donated clothing and goods at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche on May 5.
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The wildfire moves toward the town of Anzac on Wednesday, May 4. The wildfire began Sunday, May 1, and had torched 24,710 acres by Wednesday, CNN partner CBC News said. The cause of the blaze was unclear.
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People camp out at a beach south of Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Evacuees watch the wildfire near Fort McMurray on May 4.
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Traffic is at a standstill on Highway 63 south as residents flee the wildfire on May 4.
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Robert Parker, left, and Matt Jones siphon gas from two snowmobiles for their truck on May 4.
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A helicopter flies past the wildfire in Fort McMurray on May 4.
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The wildfire rages through Fort McMurray on Tuesday, May 3.
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The wildfire burns through northern Alberta in this image released by NASA on May 3.
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Smoke rises from a wildfire about 18 miles south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Friday, May 6. The fire hasforced more than 80,000 people from their homes in the area.
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A police helicopter lifts off through dust and smoke on May 6.
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The remains of a swing sits in a residential neighborhood destroyed by the fire on May 6, in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Home foundations and shells of vehicles are nearly all that remain in a residential neighborhood in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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A truck drives toward a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Evacuees leave Fort McMurray in the early morning, after being stranded north of the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6.
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Drivers wait for clearance to take firefighting supplies into town on Thursday, May 5, outside Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police surveys wildfire damage in Fort McMurray. The RCMP tweeted the photo on Thursday, May 5.
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Tyra Abo sits on a cot at a makeshift evacuation center in Lac la Biche, Alberta, on May 5.
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"There were times you came over the hill and you couldn't see anything and just hoped the person ahead knew what they were doing," the newspaper quoted Glynn as saying.
"We had only gone two orthree klicks," he said, using a term for a kilometer, "and there was the fire right at the side of the road. It was coming towards us."
READ: How wildfires create their own weather
Canadian military helicopters hovered overhead to look out for smoke and flames along the evacuation route, while emergency gas stations were set up to keep the convoy moving.
CNN partner CTV posted photos it said were taken as the convoy drove through the northeastern Alberta city. Flames and towering columns of smoke filled the sky.
Pictures taken of Fort McMurray as the convoy went though town this morning #ymm #ymmfire #yegpic.twitter.com/gfzct25wNr
— CTV Edmonton (@ctvedmonton) May 6, 2016
Other people likely wil be airlifted out of the fire zone, as 7,000 were Thursday, according to authorities.
Some 15,000 people remain stranded north of the devastated city, but not all will leave, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said.
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Some hardy souls working for the oil industry will remain behind to tend to facilities there, authorities said. The region is known for its massive oil reserves -- the third-largest in the world.
But officers are going into accessible areas and looking for signs of others, Sgt. Jack Poitras, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told reporters Thursday.
"We still have some people who have been hanging around," he said.
Overnight, the fire's footprint grew, racing up to the doorstep of the community of Anzac before firefighters beat it back.
Winds were expected to shift and push the fire away from developed areas.
Morrison warned of "extreme fire behavior" in the following days as the blaze pushes into heavily forested areas.
The fire will likely burn for "weeks and weeks," he said.
"There's no tankers we can put at this thing to stop it," he said, noting the fire was so large and aggressive it's jumped a 1-kilometer wide river and created its own lightning.
The cause remains unclear, Morrison said.
But the region is in the midst of a drought, he said. Two months without appreciable rain has left vegetation dangerously dry.
Forecasters think Saturday will be dry and windy again, but there is a 40% chance of showers on Sunday and Monday.
Canadian wildfire: What we know
'The damage is extensive'
Canada wildfire: By the numbers
1,600: Structures destroyed
88,000: People evacuated
1,010: Square kilometers burned
250: Firefighters
12: Firefighting helicopters
0: Reported fatalities
Many evacuees are expected eventually to wind up in Edmonton, the provincial capital some 379 kilometers (236 miles) to the south, or Calgary, where residents and officials were working to set up accommodations for the influx of temporary residents.
Canadians step up to help
Across the region, residents held food and clothing drives and raised money for victims. Others offered to put up families displaced by the fire. Restaurants gave out free meals. The Edmonton library system is allowing full use of its facilities and services, while Edmonton schools scrambled to welcome students.
Labatt Breweries of Canada is donating more than 69,000 cans of drinking water to firefighters and evacuees. A truck carrying more than 2,880 cases of water canned left the brewer's Alberta distribution center on Friday.
CNN Map
Fort McMurray
Edmonton
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How to help victims of the Fort McMurray fire
Some 14,000 families had registered with the Canadian Red Cross, authorities said.
They won't be able to go home anytime soon.
"It will not be a matter of days," Notley said Thursday. "The damage is extensive."
What we know about the fire
fracking is good only if you have the proper storage
