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8,000 oil workers evacuated from Fort McMurray fire. Again

2016-05-17 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Two weeks after it began, the Fort McMurray wildfire is continuing to burn out of control. On Monday, winds shifted and sent the fire in the direction of oil sands facilities. As many as 8,000 of the oil workers who`d been working to restart oil production were evacuated after the wildfire - which the media has nicknamed "the Beast" - jumped a critical firebreak late on Monday, moving at a rate of more than 100 feet per minute. The evacuations will prolong a shutdown of oil sands operations, which...

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