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Seems to me I recall one member on the 'Fire from there. Hope all is well.


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Scott;
Good morning to you sir, I trust this finds you folks well.

It's tough to get hard information as to how much of the town has been burned, but certainly some subdivisions have reported 80% of the structures are now gone.

The entire town has been evacuated as of last night, so something over 53,000 folks have been uprooted.

It's been unseasonably hot and windy there - which of course is the perfect storm for a fire.

Anyway so far no one has been killed as far as I can ascertain so that's good.

My thoughts and prayers are with the folks who've been affected.

All the best to you folks this spring Scott.

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Scott, there is one member there, I cannot remember his handle but he offered us hospitality when we make our annual trip up there.
Been monitoring the news, and though there are no fatalities, it looks real bad. Ft. McMurray is remote enough that there is no way possible to get enough fire fighters up there in time....
Am worried about my Canadian friends....


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You don't fight a fire like that one--you just get outta the way. Hope everyone makes it as it looks bad.
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Was not aware of this.

Prayers for all involved.

Internet search showed this to be a massive fire.

Thankfully no lives lost at this time.



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Was trying to find out how it started...? Didn't see anything in the news reports. 60,000 evacuated, is a lot.


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Catnthehat is from there. Haven't been on the forum for quite a while. Was just checking here to see if there was any word of him. Hopefully him and his family and all others there are safe.

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[quote=colt357]Catnthehat is from there. Haven't been on the forum for quite a while. Was just checking here to see if there was any word of him. Hopefully him and his family and all others there are safe. [/quote

He moved a few years ago and now lives in Devon IIRC. Cheers NC]


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Damn, awful early for fires.

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My news cast just said over 80,000 had to leave , and didnt have time to grab anything! so far No Deaths!


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Prayers on the way for everyone caught in the path of this monster.


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Originally Posted by colt357
Catnthehat is from there. Haven't been on the forum for quite a while. Was just checking here to see if there was any word of him. Hopefully him and his family and all others there are safe.


Catnthehat still lives in Ft.Mac, he has not moved. He is a moderator on the Alberta Outdoorsman forum and is on there off and on today. He and his family are safe and temporarily residing at his cottage near Athabaska until such time as it is safe to return to his home. I hope it is still standing.

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Good to know. Thanks for filling us in.


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88,000 people displaced and 1600 structures gone--no casualties reported as of yet. Unfrickenbelievabile

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Thats a lot of houses. I think its about the same number we lost in our area of TX in 2011.

I pray for everyone!


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I reminds me of the Middletown fire last year, of course Middletown is MUCH smaller.


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Anyone familiar with the area will recognize this map as a very bad thing. The industrial area, some swanky motels, city parks, and the airport have all been engulfed now....

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Fire crew left here for Fort Mc yesterday & another team scheduled to leave tomorrow !

Thoughts & prayers for the residents & for the emergency response teams.


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This has become a Canada wide effort. Dry year last year very dry winter this year, could be more serious fires in Alberta once this one is done. Hopefully no other serious fire starts whilst this one still burns. Comments from one university prof is that the location of starting point of the fire and the lack of lightning indicates man made as the source.

A buddies daughter works at a vet clinic in Fort Mac and has stayed behind to try and deal with some of the many pets let behind. The word is a lot of dogs running around.

Hard times for a lot of

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Going to take a LOT of long work to try to get that contained and stopped at that size.

That or the blessing of some heavy rain for starters.

Prayers is all we can do.


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