A massive wildfire burning around the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, is about 1 km (1,094 yards) away from Enbridge Inc’s Cheecham crude oil tank farm, but is under control for now, emergency officials said on Monday.
The blaze near the tank farm was stable because the wind was cooperating as Enbridge’s industrial firefighters tackled the blaze, the officials said at a news conference.
The entire population of Fort McMurray, about 90,000 people, were forced to flee the Canadian city nearly two weeks ago as the uncontrolled wildfire raged through some neighborhoods and destroyed about 15 percent of structures.
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(Reuters) Alberta wildfire near Enbridge crude oil tank farm: officials
A massive wildfire burning around the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, is about 1 km (1,094 yards) away from Enbridge Inc’s Cheecham crude oil tank farm, but is under control for now, emergency officials said on Monday.
The blaze near the tank farm was stable because the wind was cooperating as Enbridge’s industrial firefighters tackled the blaze, the officials said at a news conference.
The entire population of Fort McMurray, about 90,000 people, were forced to flee the Canadian city nearly two weeks ago as the uncontrolled wildfire raged through some neighborhoods and destroyed about 15 percent of structures.
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