Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Fort McMurray that prompted the closure of a section of highway for more than an hour.

Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Fort McMurray that prompted the closure of a section of highway. Alberta Wildfire says a wildfire designated as "MMD001" started earlier Friday in Fort McMurray ...

The journalist John Vaillant’s book “Fire Weather” begins in the spring of 2016 in the boreal forests surrounding the remote Canadian city of Fort McMurray, where a fire is growing. Although ...

The threat of Canada's latest wildfire near the country's oil sands appears to be dying down, with favorable winds expected to push the fire away from the city.

The threat from a wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories ...

The threat from a wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memo… ...

The 2016 fires destroyed large parts of Fort McMurray and shut in more than a million barrels per day (bpd) of crude production. Canada is the world's fourth-biggest oil producer.

Candian officials say favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

The MWF-017 wildfire near Fort McMurray is now 5.5 kilometres from the city’s landfill, two kilometres closer than it was on Tuesday afternoon. The fire is 4.5 kilometres from the Highway 63 and ...