Evacuees find safe haven as wildfires engulf Canada oil region

Evacuees find safe haven as wildfires engulf Canada oil region Lac La Biche, Canada (AFP) May 5, 2016 - Sitting on the tailgate of his truck, strumming his guitar, the only item that he was able to salvage in a hurried evacuation of Fort McMurray as wildfires raged closer to the Canadian oil city, Alan Javierto says: "I just want to go home." "Hopefully soon," he adds. "But probably it will take weeks, maybe more." The wildfires that forced almost 100,000 to flee and abandon fire-gutted ne ... more

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