In Alberta’s heartland, wildfire forces thousands to flee
Clip: 5/6/2016 | 3m 37s
A wildfire burning in Canada’s oil country has forced nearly 100,000 residents to flee.
Since Sunday, a wildfire burning in the heart of Canada’s oil country has forced nearly 100,000 residents to flee their homes for safety, creating the largest mass evacuation in Alberta’s history. Friday saw evacuees being ferried from the fire’s path via airlift and land convoy as the blaze spread across more than 300 square miles -- five times its original size. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
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In Alberta’s heartland, wildfire forces thousands to flee
Clip: 5/6/2016 | 3m 37s
Since Sunday, a wildfire burning in the heart of Canada’s oil country has forced nearly 100,000 residents to flee their homes for safety, creating the largest mass evacuation in Alberta’s history. Friday saw evacuees being ferried from the fire’s path via airlift and land convoy as the blaze spread across more than 300 square miles -- five times its original size. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
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