Flames and smoke fill the air as wildfires burn nearby in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on May 2016. Courtesy Jocelyn Routhier Flames and smoke fill the air as wildfires burn nearby in Fort ...

This wildfire in the Fort McMurray area of Alberta remains out of control and has burned approximately 7,686 hectares (almost 19,000 acres) in a heavily populated area.

Roads out of Fort McMurray were crammed with evacuating cars Tuesday as an out-of-control 51,000-acre wildfire crept toward the city’s edge. The approaching flames conjured up terrifying ...

GREGOIRE LAKE, Alberta — Canadian officials on Sunday showed some optimism for the first time that they were beginning to get on top of the country's most destructive wildfire in recent memory ...

In a notice late on Friday, the Alberta government said the wildfire danger is "extreme" in the Fort McMurray Forest Area and out of control at 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) in size. Sign up here.

Item 1 of 2 An Enbridge high pressure oil pipeline sign stands as smoke billows from the Fort McMurray in Kinosis, Alberta, Canada, May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File photo ...