What’s slowing down production is that their employees are not there, she said. The office said Cardinal suffered a bout of tuberculosis which damaged her lungs and she was suffering from the high levels of smoke.
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The flames had not reached Gregoire Lakes Estates or the Fort McMurray First Nation, and crews were working to keep the flames from spreading. She said so far every resident of the city (pop. 61,374) had been accounted for.
“I’m a mayor who is very prepared to face tragedy and loss; I’m not mayor who is prepared to take all this overwhelming support. Now it’s our duty; it’s our turn”, one of the refugees said. The majority got away with few possessions, some forced to leave pets behind.
“Let me be clear”, Morrison said.
The out-of-control wildfire has consumed entire neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, forcing 88,000 to evacuate, and threatened two oil sands sites south of the city.
Canadians are digging deep into their pockets to help out the victims of the Fort McMurray wildfires that have devastated the northern Alberta town.
Labatt has previously donated water to flood victims in Alberta in 2013 and in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 2014 as well as to those affected by forest fires in Saskatchewan in 2015. Fire officials say the winds will blow the fire to the North and West of Fort McMurray, saving other endangered towns.
Officials said between 18 and 20 structures in Anzac had been destroyed when the fire breached the town late Thursday night.
“We are absolutely eternally grateful to the people who are fighting this vicious fire”, Blake said.
A day after 8,000 people were flown out, about 5,500 more were flown out on Friday and another 4,000 are expected to be airlifted on Saturday. The government has provided planes and helicopters and 7,000 cots for emergency shelters, with 13,000 more on the way. Fort McMurray is a prominent oil boomtown, but has recently fallen on harder times as a result of global oil crash.
“… It is expected that once assessments are finalized, the Horse Creek Fire in FortMcMurray will end as one of the costliest natural disasters in Canada’s history”, the company stated in a preliminary analysis.
Fires erupted less than a week after the provincial government rolled out a new multi-million plan for shovel-ready projects meant to stimulate the economy in Fort McMurray.
Fire officials in Alberta, Canada say a raging wildfire could double in size by the weekend.
Fort McMurray Mayor Melissa Blake was among those who had to evacuate for a second time.
“They are not giving us a reason”, said Poitras. The cost to the province is estimated at $100 million.
Officials again said during a press conference Friday that human effort will not be able to stop the wildfire, only rain can bring any hope.
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In the interim, Trudeau said, the main priority for his government was ensuring effective communications between those on the ground, the province and Ottawa, and ensuring emergency authorities get everything they need to deal with the catastrophic situation.
