Canada fires spew dust all the way to Switzerland
The wildfires, which forced the evacuation on May 3 of about 100,000 residents of Fort McMurray and surrounding areas in Alberta province, remains out of control.
Jun 04, 2016, 01:35 AM IST
Canada PM Justin Trudeau honours firefighters who battled Fort McMurray blaze
The entire city of 100,000 people was evacuated last week. Its suburbs suffered major damage, but the city center was largely spared.
May 14, 2016, 03:22 AM IST
Canadian forest fire still burning out of control
The Red Cross will hand out 600 Canadian dollars per adult and 300 dollars for each of their dependents.
May 12, 2016, 11:47 AM IST
Most of Canada's oil sands production shut down by wildfire
But the wildfire that broke out a week ago has forced as much as a third of Canada's oil output offline and was expected to impact an economy already hurt by the fall in oil prices.
May 11, 2016, 04:21 AM IST
See pic: NASA captures Canadian wildfire smoke trapped in clouds!
The McMurray wildfire, as it is being called, has managed to impact Canada's oil sand operations and is being deemed as the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
May 11, 2016, 03:51 AM IST
Weather aids firefighters battling blaze in Canada oil region
Authorities battling a forest fire in Canada looked to Mother Nature for more help Monday, as cooling temperatures and rain slowed the spread of the blaze that had forced the evacuation of an entire city.
May 09, 2016, 12:23 PM IST
Canada wildfire may double today, situation remains `unpredictable and dangerous`
The situation around a ferocious wildfire that forced the evacuation of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray remains unpredictable and dangerous, the authorities said Saturday, warning that weather conditions were still hampering efforts to fight it.
May 07, 2016, 23:10 PM IST
Canadians drive through burning city seeking safety
Canadian police led convoys of cars through the burning ghost town of Fort McMurray on Friday in a risky operation to get thousands of people to safety on the other side.
May 07, 2016, 17:13 PM IST
Airlift for thousands trapped by Canada wildfires
Canada on Thursday began airlifting to safety up to 25,000 people from the city of Fort McMurray forced from their homes by raging forest fires in Alberta`s oil sands region.
May 06, 2016, 09:40 AM IST
Alberta declares emergency as fires threaten Canada oil town
Alberta declared a state of emergency as crews frantically held back wind-whipped wildfires that have already torched 1,600 homes and other buildings in Canada's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, forcing more than 80,000 residents to flee.
May 05, 2016, 11:02 AM IST
Canadian city evacuated as huge blaze engulfs homes
Most of the 100,000 residents of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to leave town late Tuesday as a fire swept through the oil sands region.
May 04, 2016, 09:03 AM IST
