A massive wildfire in Alberta is moving east from the devastated city of Fort McMurray towards major oilsands plants, destroying a work camp north of municipality earlier on Tuesday, according to officials.
The oil sands facilities, owned by Suncor and Syncrude, are used for processing bitumen. Both have separate teams of firefighters on site and have been surrounded by gravel to keep the fire out. The blaze has been gaining strength, claiming 70,000 more hectares overnight, which brings the total to 355,000 hectares.
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INC News, 18/05/2016 - source: ©RTnews
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