The speed at which this year’s fire near Fort McMurray chewed through the path ... The extended drought made up for the lack of fuel available to the fire, known as MWF-017.

The Alberta municipality governing the oilsands hub of Fort McMurray says residents ordered ... from the municipality says firefighters have made considerable progress since then.

“Our experience of fire occurs in the realm of the visible,” he writes, “but it is made possible by the ... gusting toward the small city of Fort McMurray. The city’s authorities had ...

The conditions, Vaillant writes, were “as conducive to fire as is possible anywhere on Earth.” The small fire was first spotted, in the forest southwest of Fort McMurray, at 4 p.m. on Sunday ...

Alberta RCMP are investigating after a fire was intentionally set at a ... and July 6 at 145 Eagle Ridge Gate. A 45-year-old man, from Fort McMurray was arrested on Aug. 4, in relation to a ...

They spoke to witnesses who provided a suspect description, which led to a 41-year-old man being ... the fire danger level is moderate in the Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray forest areas.

Winds have died down in some areas and shifted in others, pushing flames away from Alberta’s Fort McMurray ... made it difficult for firefighters to see as they battled “extreme fire behavior ...