Fort McMurray

"As every day goes by, we continue to run this thing down and continue to secure it," said Alberta Wildfire manager Chad Morrison.

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A massive convoy is underway to move evacuees stranded at oilfield camps north of Fort McMurray, Alta., through the fire-ravaged community to safe areas south of the oilsands capital.

Bracing for a long wait for Fort McMurray: “Unfortunately, we do know that it will not be a matter of days.”

Alberta hopes to airlift 8,000 evacuees to safety in the south this afternoon, and open up the roads for the remaining 17,000 stranded in the north.

For many homeowners and transient residents of the northern Alberta city, ravaged by wildfire since yesterday afternoon, there is simply nothing left to go back to.

This is a foretaste of things to come, said Mike Flannigan, professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta