Fort McMurray verteerd door vlammenzee

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Indrukwekkende beelden en informatie vanuit Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

CBC News Edmonton, Fort McMurray special, May 5th, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfsXF4v3Zeo

Fort McMurray wildfire: A timeline of a disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICLPyhSdPlA

Autorijden in een vlammenzee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieTQvIdG-Vo

Motorcyclist Can't Handle The Heat From The Fort McMurray Wildfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-s__SwOXWg

Timelapse Footage Shows Intensity of Fort McMurray Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImozrYDIr-M

Fort McMurray Wildfire: Inside Fort McMurray devastation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEs5tLOQcsw

Raw Footage: Fort McMurray on FIRE 1080P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_f-mPixW_M

Man escapes from burning bus near Fort McMurray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLBUK2NDmSs

Enkel regen zal het beest kunnen temmen.

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Vers van de pers:

Canadian officials will take their first look on Monday at the oil sands boomtown devastated by a wildfire that has been raging for more than a week, and the prime minister vowed a years-long commitment to rebuild the town.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the national government was working with local officials and businesses to get a better handle on the damage in Fort McMurray, whose 88,000 residents evacuated following the start of the fire on May 1.

"We will support and invest in rebuilding Fort McMurray in a broad range of ways in the coming days, weeks, months and yes, years," he told reporters in Ottawa, but gave no details.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will lead regional officials and media on an inspection of the town and warned the nation to brace for grim images, with entire neighborhoods destroyed.

Fire officials said that cooler weather had slowed the growth of the fire. But its course remained unpredictable on Monday, and Alberta wildlife information officer Travis Fairweather said wind could have a big impact.

Officials ordered the evacuation of two hamlets south of Fort McMurray, home to a combined population of 530 people, at midday. The orders were lifted less than an hour later.

RAIN NEEDED TO TAME 'BEAST'

Temperatures cooled on Monday, with a forecast high of 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), down from Sunday's high of 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17 degrees Celsius).

The cool weather was expected to linger through Thursday, according to Environment Canada. Still, much of the province of Alberta in western Canada is tinder-box dry after a mild winter and warm spring.

"This beast is so big, we need rain to fix it," Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters on Monday.

Government weather forecasts show the first possibility of rain on Wednesday with a 30 percent chance.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ca...-idUSKCN0XY0BM

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Fort McMurray, voor 90% gered en geen slachtoffers.


Fort McMurray voor 90 procent gered van de vlammen
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/2654/Extrem...-vlammen.dhtml

De Canadese stad Fort McMurray werd bijna volledig gered van de brand dankzij de inzet van de brandweerlieden die al een week lang de gigantische bosbranden in de regio bestrijden. Dat heeft de eerste minister van Alberta, Rachel Notley gisteren gezegd.

Notley noemde het maandag "een wonder" dat de hele bevolking in een paar uur tijd geëvacueerd kon worden, zonder dat daarbij slachtoffers vielen.

In totaal werden in de afgelopen week bijna 100.000 mensen geëvacueerd uit Fort McMurray en de omliggende dorpen. De branden verwoestten duizenden hectaren en meer dan 2.000 huizen in de buitenwijken van de stad.

"Dankzij de snelle reactie van de brandweer op de bosbranden rond de oliestad, kon volgens Notley "90 procent van Fort McMurray gered worden".

"De stad werd enkele dagen geleden nog omcirkeld door een vuurzee, maar Fort McMurray en zijn omgeving werden gered en zullen heropgebouwd worden", zo verzekerde Notley.

Door de branden zijn de wijken van Beacon Hill en Waterways in het westen van de stad bijna volledig vernield. "Als het vuur het stadscentrum had bereikt, waren we de hele stad verloren", zo zei het hoofd van de brandweer van Fort McMurray.

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