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Canada: Wild Fire: 2016/05/01 Country Information on DRR

Period 2016/05/01
Country or District Canada
Event Type Wild Fire
Outline Fort McMurray, the Canadian oil town in Alberta engulfed by wildfires that erupted on 1 May 2016. The fires forced 88,000 residents of the city to evacuate.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

Reuters 2016/05/08
Alberta government estimated on 8 May 2016 that the fire had consumed 161,000 hectares (395,000 acres).

Reuters 2016/05/01
More than 1,600 structures, including hundreds of homes, had been destroyed by the morning of 4 May 2016.

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International Charter 2016/05/04
Fire in Canada