& x+ F2 N5 Z1 s; aAbout 4,000 workers spread between 12 work camps near Fort McMurray have been told to evacuate as the wildfire moves rapidly north. & ?1 \9 }- D+ Q/ r( G/ ^" n/ c- z7 m0 M$ ^% t! K6 O: k: C
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says the fire is gobbling 30 to 40 metres of forest per minute and is now only six kilometres from Tower Road, a dirt road where several residential trailers are located.