Evacuations increase as wildfire spreads in Alberta, Canada

Published: 06 May 2016
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A huge wildfire raging near Fort McMurray in central Canada has spread, forcing further evacuations and pushing the emergency operations centre 300 km south.

==Three more communities have been forced to flee a dangerous wildfire in Canada. https://t.co/fTnNRv6swR pic.twitter.com/Q48SXk9cnk— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 5, 2016
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It has increased at least five-fold in size since it broke out on Sunday (May 1) and now covers an area of 850 square km.

The entire province…
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