Canadian Fire

[Zuma]

I thought one of our Canadian members would
have posted about this one.
 What a toll the fire is taking and it is expected to
double before anything gets better. What a shame.
I wonder if the fire was fueld by fracking gasses?
Zuma

Fort McMurray: Canadian fire could double - CNN.com
edition.cnn.com/2016/05/06/americas/fort-mcmurray-fire-canada/...

Convoys of vehicles carrying evacuees fleeing the fire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, rolled south under the watchful eye of Canadian police and military Friday.

[bushboy]

Yes I have a lot of friends that have been displaced by this fire.sad story indeed! !

[wizardgoat]

Yup. I have some friends who had to evacuate. Very scary for them and their families.  They're sayin the fire was started by some kind of heavy machinery accidentally tearing a hole in a fuel pipe.  The videos on social media are crazy, grid lock traffic through highways of fire.

[neuse]

I have been watching this and it continues to grow.
Very devastating.
I wonder if this fire will be the largest fire in modern history?

[Marc St Louis]

I hear it's getting close to the tar sands

[PEARL DRUMS]

Will tar sands burn and burn and burn if ignited? I know of them, but know nothing about them.

[Zuma]

Good gravey, I hope all your friends and all the
others make it through unscaved.
Thousands  of folks are litteraly running/driving/flying
for their lives.

'Absolutely Vicious' Wildfire Forces Evacuees To Flee
The fire that has prompted 88,000 people to evacuate from Canada's heartland is becoming the costliest natural disaster in the country's history.

Latest details on historic blaze

[mullet]

The Tar sands won't burn. The earth is cleared for miles around where it is at. All you have to do is look at Fort McMurray on Google Earth and you can see the clearing. And smoke from a previous fire.

[bow101]

Yup. I have some friends who had to evacuate. Very scary for them and their families.  They're sayin the fire was started by some kind of heavy machinery accidentally tearing a hole in a fuel pipe.  The videos on social media are crazy, grid lock traffic through highways of fire.

I never heard that but I will not doubt it.  I get sick and tired of hearing about Workplace accidents.  Young women been killed on the job is happening to often..       sometime ago a young lady in Alberta was mauled to death by a Bear while on the job.  Her co-workers were sort of near by.

[Stoker]

We have had a very dry and warm winter in Alberta.. El nino.. Had friends evacuate they live else where just work there and stay in camps.. They are doing a great job of getting people out.. Lotsa these people are very well trained in safety with their jobs..
Kudos to the people of Alberta for rallying with support for the evacuee's
Mullet - You are correct the tar sands has had the foresight to make sure fire does not get close by making a perimeter around them
Thanks Leroy

[JoJoDapyro]

We have had a very dry and warm winter in Alberta.. El nino.. Had friends evacuate they live else where just work there and stay in camps.. They are doing a great job of getting people out.. Lotsa these people are very well trained in safety with their jobs..
Kudos to the people of Alberta for rallying with support for the evacuee's
Mullet - You are correct the tar sands has had the foresight to make sure fire does not get close by making a perimeter around them
Thanks Leroy

My family there have all offered up their homes to families displaced. A great act of human kindness.

[Stoker]

My family there have all offered up their homes to families displaced. A great act of human kindness.
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Good on them.. We as Albertans are pulling together on this.. And not to forget the rest of Canada that has helped in many ways..
Thanks Leroy

[Del the cat]

I was listening to a Canadian fire chief on the radio, to put in in perspective for us Brits, he said the fire covered an area same size as what's inside the M25 
Whooo, commiserations and best wishes to all those caught up in it.
They were saying it's a miracle there were no fatalities.
Good job done by all concerned.
Del

[PatM]

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/could-the-oil-sands-catch-fire/

   As an aside Syncrude had to abandon their on site Wood Bison herd.  They SHOULD be OK though. Makes you wonder what the impact on other wildlife is.

[Zuma]

Thanks for all the updates and info folks.
I haven't heard much lately.
Anyone?
Zuma
Sometimes no news is good news
I hope