Roads Packed as Fort McMurray Residents Flee Wildfires

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16 May 2024 at 11:27 am

Residents were seen evacuating areas of Fort McMurray in Alberta as wildfires kept spreading on Tuesday, May 14.

According to Alberta Wildfire, crews were battling an “out of control” forest fire south of Fort McMurray as of Thursday morning.

This footage captured by Facebook user Faith De Ocampo Slater shows residents heading south on AB-63 on Tuesday.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo issued evacuation orders for several neighborhoods on Wednesday, after others had already evacuated on Tuesday.

One of the fires was about 19,820 hectares (77 square miles) as of Thursday, officials said. Credit: Faith De Ocampo Slater via Storyful

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Sobrang traffic nga mga tao di support M. oh my god.

anong tawag mo dun seventy ka kaya nga eh kaya nga di ko nga alam kasi 'wag mong gayahin.

kung pwede akong mag ninety one hundred.

kasi dito sila palabas eh.

kasi ayaw nilang may stock dun sa lugar na kung saan.

kasi ano yung blocking the way na yung pupuntahanan eh, hoy, okay lang ba?

na mama ba makuaan tayo rito.

kamera kasi pag di ako sumunod sa kanila mababangga tayo eh.

grabe oo.

grabe na yung mga sasakyan na stuck na tayo dito be.

oh my god so dun sa kabila oh.

ko nag cross, patay tayo dito traffic traffic na tayo dito na kami dito.

guys oo dadalhin ay pang

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