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The northern Alberta town, which is Canada’s oilsands capital, was caught off guard by a quick-spreading conflagration on Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon, more than 80,000 people had heeded a mandatory evacuation order, and tens of thousands were staying in emergency shelters in communities like Lac La Biche and Edmonton.
As of Thursday, the province says that the fire conditions are still extreme in Wood Buffalo.
A total of 49 wildfires are burning, with seven considered out of control. 12 fires are being held, 23 are under control and seven are being extinguished by local authorities.
More than 1,110 firefighters, 145 helicopters, 138 pieces of heavy equipment and 22 air tankers are fighting the fires.
In the animation below - a series of imagery from NASA's Terra, Aqua and Suomi NPP satellites - reveal how the fires have progressed from overnight Sunday through to overnight on Wednesday.
incredibly sad . Hats off to ALL of those first responders... amazing how calm those Canadians seem to be exiting what looks like the end of the fucking world.
right?
here we'd see [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION] in his bahaha truck mowing down mailboxes and priuses as he jumped people's fences.
Kinda wish I hadn't read this article because it mentioned that people had their pets with them but some didn't.
Never understood that.... If I'm being told to evacuate my home, my dogs are going with me....
only thing i can think is they couldn't get to them or get back to their homes.