A timelapse of the growth of the Fort McMurray fire between May 1 and May 26, 2016. (Maps courtesy: Natural Resources Canada)There’s no place like home.The time has finally come for Fort McMurray ...

A few late-season snowflakes flutter over Fort McMurray, ... Fort McMurray recovery from 2016 forest fire plods along. By. AFP. Published. April 29, 2017 ...

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 ...

Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Fort McMurray that prompted the closure of a section of highway. Alberta Wildfire says a wildfire designated as "MMD001" started earlier Friday in Fort ...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA (CTV Network) — A wildfire burning near Fort McMurray is expected to move away from the community on Wednesday. The MWF-017 wildfire near Fort McMurray is now 5.5 kilometres ...

Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction is the biggest industry in the Fort McMurray region employing 13,200 people, or 32% of the local working population, according to a 2021 labor study by ...

Fire restrictions were in effect for the High Level Forest Area and entire Fort McMurray forest area, where wildfire danger was extreme, Alberta's wildfire agency said. Fire restrictions limit ...

An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the Canadian oil town, making it among the first actions ahead of the wildfire season.

A fierce wildfire burning outside Fort McMurray, Alta., has brought back memories of a vicious blaze, nicknamed The Beast, that tore through the oilsands hub in 2016.