The Latest Breaking News from Fort McMurray

Wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub under control, Alberta officials say

Alberta officials say a wildfire in western Canada that forced thousands of residents from their homes in the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control

The Independent UK · May 29, 2024

Residents forced out of Canada's oil sands hub by wildfire cleared to return, officials say

Authorities say residents ordered out of Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home

The Independent UK · May 18, 2024

Rainfall set to help crews battling wildfire near Canada’s Fort McMurray

Authorities say blaze in heart of Canadian tar sands region will be ‘subdued’ due to expected rain and cloud cover.

Al Jazeera · May 17, 2024

Evacuation orders issued as wildfire grows near Canada’s Alberta oil patch

Authorities say firefighters are facing a ‘challenging day’ as huge blaze nears Fort McMurray in the Alberta tar sands.

Al Jazeera · May 14, 2024

Canada city devastated by 2016 wildfire faces evacuations as new blaze nears

Residents of suburbs in Fort McMurray ordered to leave as officials monitor a fire nearby that has grown to cover 9,600 hectares

The Guardian - US · May 14, 2024

‘We have given Earth a fever’: author John Vaillant on the firestorms coming for us all

His book about a blaze so hot it vaporised concrete and turned a Canadian city to ash has just won the Baillie Gifford prize. John Vaillant explains why the world we think we live in no longer exists

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

How to survive a future of wildfires

Journalist John Vaillant discusses his new book "Fire Weather" about the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire

Salon · Aug 23, 2023

Yellowknife fires: Evacuees will need culturally specific support services

On the evening of Aug. 16, due to rapidly moving wildfires, an evacuation order was issued for the entire city of Yellowknife. Thousands of residents faced a long, stressful drive on the only road out of the city. The goal was for as many people as possible to flee one…

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2023

Fire Weather by John Vaillant review – apocalypse in Alberta

This telling of the 2016 inferno that engulfed the oil town of Fort McMurray, and the lives of the people who confronted it, is an urgent warning – and an all-consuming read

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023

Canada Wildfires Raise Threat of Another Oil-Sands Shutdown

Energy analyst counsels clients to “pray for rain,” while Fort McMurray residents rehearse lessons learned from the 2016 blaze.

Businessweek · May 24, 2023