By the time the first photos were released, the fire had already belched 100 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, much of it from burning cars and houses. The Fort McMurray Fire ...

After another devastating wildfire season in 2024, work is once again underway to reclaim natural areas disturbed by the ...

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.

As the rampaging wildland fires hit modern communities, the interior of stick-constructed homes, chock-full of synthetic ...

The estimated cost of wildfire damage in the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper has ballooned to $1.23 billion, partly because the ...

After nearly 17 months on the job, council has fired Henry Hunter as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB). Jody Butz, the RMWB’s regional fire chief ...

WinterPLAY: Fort McMurray’s annual celebration of winter returns to the Snye with lots of free activities including pond ...

"Fire Weather" by John Vaillant Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now. On a hot afternoon in May 2016, five miles outside the young petro-city of Fort McMurray ...

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