At Fort McKay near Fort McMurray in western Canada, in the heart of the country’s boreal forest, the pines and the people were long ago cleared out to make way for huge open-pit mines dedicated ...

The small fire was first spotted, in the forest southwest of Fort McMurray, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1. When it didn’t quickly sputter out, it was given an impersonal code by firefighters: MWF-009.

In 2016, a large forest fire jumped the Athabasca River and headed straight for Fort McMurray, a large oil town 600 miles south of the Arctic Circle. In this excerpt from “Fire Weather: A True ...

FORT MCMURRAY, Canada — It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it’s shrinking. The boreal forest, which is second only to the Amazon in terms of its vital role in ensuring the future of ...

“Fire is always where people are,” Flannigan continues. “It goes with us wherever we go. But the genie is out of the bottle.

Fort McMurray was surrounded by boreal forest in 2016, occupying what is commonly understood as the “Wilderness-Urban Interface” or “WUI.” ...

Fort McKay (Canada) (AFP) – The acrid stench of gasoline permeates the air. And the soot coats everything in sight: the trees, the bushes, even the snow in winter. And all day long, explosions ...

FORT MCMURRAY, Canada: It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it's shrinking. The boreal forest, which is second only to the Amazon in terms of its vital role in ensuring the future ...

FORT MCKAY — The acrid stench of gasoline permeates the air. And the soot coats everything in sight: The trees, the bushes, even the snow in winter. And all day long, explosions send the birds soaring ...

At Fort McKay near Fort McMurray in western Canada, in the heart of the country's boreal forest, the pines and the people were long ago cleared out to make way for huge open-pit mines dedicated to ...

At Fort McKay near Fort McMurray in western Canada, in the heart of the country's boreal forest, the pines and the people were long ago cleared out to make way for huge open-pit mines dedicated to ...