MONTREAL (AFP) -
All
100,000 residents of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray have been
ordered to leave town as fire sweeps through the oil sands region.
"North
edge of [the] fire is growing rapidly. All of Fort McMurray is under a
mandatory evacuation order," emergency services announced, noting that
the airport was spared from the order.
Hours earlier, a more limited alert saw authorities evacuate 30,000 people.
© 2016 AFP
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