--- title: Fort McMurray: Wildfire Rages On, Destroys Homes description: One neighborhood of the oil sands city saw 80% of homes burned canonical: https://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-04T13:05:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:15:26.734Z article:section: World og:title: Canadian Wildfire Destroys Homes in Fort McMurray og:description: One neighborhood of the oil sands city saw 80% of homes burned og:url: https://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Canadian Wildfire Destroys Homes in Fort McMurray twitter:description: One neighborhood of the oil sands city saw 80% of homes burned twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Canadian Wildfire Destroys 80% of Homes in Fort McMurray Suburb by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 4, 2016 1:05 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 4, 2016 1:05 PM CUT A raging wildfire in the Canadian city of Fort McMurray continues its destruction in the oil sands region, [burning 80% of homes in one neighborhood](http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-canada-wildfires-20160504-story.html "undefined"). Some [80,000 people were ordered to evacuate](http://time.com/4317322/wildfire-fort-mcmurray-canada-evacuation-emergency/ "undefined") the city on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. As of Wednesday morning, the Beacon Hill suburb had experienced the worst damage, and half a dozen other neighborhoods had also seen homes destroyed. “When you leave,” one evacuating resident told the AP, “it’s an overwhelming feeling to think that you’ll never see your house again.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/727669532014317568 "undefined") that he had spoken with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and that the federal government stands at the ready to help. \[[AP](http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-canada-wildfires-20160504-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/"},"headline":"Canadian Wildfire Destroys 80% of Homes in Fort McMurray Suburb","datePublished":"2016-05-04T13:05:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:15:26.734Z","description":"One neighborhood of the oil sands city saw 80% of homes burned","url":"https://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/","keywords":["Canada"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/","name":"Canadian Wildfire Destroys 80% of Homes in Fort McMurray Suburb"}}]}] ```