Eleanor Cardinal has been found. The nurse said Cardinal is now being monitored and is resting.
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Evacuees leave Fort McMurray in the early morning, after being stranded north of wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Friday, May 6, 2016.
The full extent of property losses in Fort McMurray, about 270 miles north of Edmonton, has yet to be determined. “We’re awesome”, he said with a bright smile. “I am scared for her, she has no vehicle, she has no cell phone”. Teenager Emily Ryan from Fort McMurray was identified by her school as one of the victims.
“So for me, it is confusing and kind of frustrating, but I understand”. Most have few possessions with them, and some left pets behind.
It’s believed authorities cleared all citizens from Fort McMurray which was evacuated Tuesday after a massive wildfire, which has since grown to 101,000 hectares, spread into the city, devastating several neighbourhoods and destroying at least 1,600 homes and buildings.
“It looked like a war zone”, Dunstan said at a rest stop south of the fire-ravaged city.
Morrison said winds were moving the blaze away from Fort McMurray toward unoccupied areas to the north and east.
Notley said it would not be responsible to speculate on when residents would be allowed to return: ‘We do know that it will not be a matter of days, ‘ she said.
Carried out with government and petroleum industry aircraft, an airlift will begin Thursday (local time) for the first 8,000 people.
“Alberta and all of Canada are with you, we have your back”, Notley said, addressing residents of Fort McMurray.
A Canadian Joint Operations Command aerial photo shows wildfires in Fort McMurray. One person died while trying to escape the flames.
Neil Munro said he takes confidence in the fact that Fort McMurray’s fire department is well-known for its rigorous training program, but admits he’s had a lot of sleepless nights in the last week.
Canadian police led convoys of cars through the burning ghost town of Fort McMurray Friday in a risky operation to get thousands of people to safety on the other side.
The goal is to move those people south of the city as quickly as possible as the fire grows to more than 85,000 hectares, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said.
Alberta has declared a state of emergency, and the government says that 1,100 firefighters, 145 helicopters, 138 pieces of heavy equipment and 22 air tankers are fighting the fire. Adults will receive $1,250 each and dependents $500. It will cost the province about $100 million to provide the interim financial relief. “They will be done in a packet, controlled manner”, he said at a press conference Thursday night.
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“We are distributing cots, blankets and other basic necessity items like hygiene kits for people who have been evacuated, sometimes only with what they were able to carry in their hands to their vehicle”, said Jean-Pierre Taschereau, Red Cross director of emergency operations. “This fire will continue to burn for a very long time until we see some significant rain”. “We’re going to be here for weeks and weeks”.
