Wildfire Evacuation Alerts Issued for Canadian Oil Sands Hub

Published: 11 May 2024 at 14:09

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(Bloomberg) -- Fort McMurray, hub of Canadas oil-sands operations, is under an evacuation alert as an out-of-control fire rages about 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of the Alberta town. Most Read from Bloomberg Apple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone Ice Cubes Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million Deal Elon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just Decimated Ford Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $100,000 Per Car Jim Simons, Code Breaker Who Mastered Investing, Dies at 86 The wildfire danger is extreme in the Fort McMurray Forest Area, according to a notice from the Alberta government posted at 9 p.m. on Friday. Strong winds are expected on Saturday as a cold front passes over the region, potentially fanning the flames further.

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