Authorities Alberta announced on Wednesday a state of emergency. According to the representative of the Emergency Management Agency Scott Long, it is likely that the fire will consume a large part of the city of Fort McMurray.
More than 80 per cent. houses in the city were destroyed or damaged. According to information provided on Wednesday evening by the emergency services in the center of Fort McMurray burned a new school, dozens of buildings caught fire, and more than a thousand objects completely burned down.
The evacuation is still in progress
It was established 9 centers evacuation. Thousands of residents there feel as safe, although aid takes a long time, because the number of the need continues to grow. Unfortunately, there are already the first fatalities. During the evacuation there was a car accident, which resulted in two people were killed.
Hectares in the fire
The fire, which was detected on May 1 southwest of Fort McMurray, mastered the area of 8500 hectares. How to inform the authorities, the fire did not come close to areas where oil is extracted. Alberta is a major Canadian producer of oil generated from oil-bearing clays.
element for a total of more than 1,110 firefighters battling in use is 145 helicopters. Fire moves further south state.
– This is the largest evacuation in the history of the province – said at a press conference, Prime Minister of Alberta, Rachel Notley, adding that the cause of the fire is not known.
the second fire
this is the second fire in the area in less than a year. In May 2015 element forced the evacuation of hundreds of oil workers, which led to a national decline in gas production by 9 percent.
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