The fire could reach the edges of the Suncor oil sands facility, about 15 miles north of Fort McMurray. Non-essential staff have been evacuating and efforts to protect the site were under way.

The fire destroyed the home of Brian Jean, who's lived in the town for 50 years. Flames engulf trees along a highway near Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6, 2016. Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images ...

The Fort McMurray fire: What's happening now, and what you've missed. ... cutting the main road through Fort McMurray and sending its 80,000 inhabitants fleeing north and south. ...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A raging wildfire emptied Canada’s main oil sands city, destroying entire neighborhoods of Fort McMurray, Alberta, where officials warned Wednesday that all ...

Fort McMurray, the hard-working city at the center of Canada’s oil industry, was on fire. “It was absolute madness,” said Carroll, 23. “People leaving their cars on the sides of the road ...

The Fort McMurray fire comes from the collision of free-burning flames with a fossil-fuel–powered society. ... It’s a driverless car barreling down the road, synthesizing everything around it ...

In 2016, a large forest fire jumped the Athabasca River and headed straight for Fort McMurray, a large oil town 600 miles south of the Arctic Circle. In this excerpt from “Fire Weather: A True ...

Fort McMurray Fire Chief Darby Allen says the fire has crossed the Athabasca River toward the north part of town. ... 50 vehicles at a time. 7,500 people leave by road by the end of the day.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – At least two neighborhoods in this oil sands city were scenes of utter devastation with incinerated homes leveled to the ground from a wildfire that Fort McMurray’s ...