Here is an update on areas of damage in the city as of 4:30PM from the Regional Municipality of Wood Bufalo (the corporate name of the 'Fort McMurray' area):
Just checked an update from the Edmonton Journal as of 4:30 PM (MDT).
- Two people were killed in a vehicle accident on Hwy 881, may be related to evacuation.
- Premier Notley has confirmed 1,600 structures in the city have been burned.
- Notley may soon be requesting fire fighting assistance from other Provinces and Northern States.
- 88,000 people have evacuated, 10K to the work camps and the rest to the South.
- Fort McMurray International Airport has been closed.
- The fire has cut Highway 63 at the Hwy 69 intersection, so no supplies or firefighters arriving by road and no one getting South by road.
- RCAF is using C-130Js and CH146 Griffon helicopters to ferry food and supplies to the work camps North of the city, which were running short of food and water. They are to be temporarily based at CFB Cold Lake, AB. A C-17 Globemaster is on standby at CFB Trenton to move firefighters and equipment if/when called upon.
Leaving Fort McMurray
