--- title: Fort McMurray Canada Wildfire: More Communties Evacuated description: Evacuations to avoid a giant wildfire in Fort McMurray, Canada continued Thursday after more than 88,000 people had already fled the region canonical: https://time.com/4319548/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-satellite/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T16:21:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:18:52.963Z article:section: World og:title: Fort McMurray Canada Wildfire: More Communties Evacuated og:description: Evacuations to avoid a giant wildfire in Fort McMurray, Canada continued Thursday after more than 88,000 people had already fled the region og:url: https://time.com/4319548/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-satellite/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77f64f715fc7d18b/69889206a988cae86b6b7b9d/alberta-fort-mcmurray-fire-satellite.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NASA Satellite image of smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray Alberta Canada og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fort McMurray Canada Wildfire: More Communties Evacuated twitter:description: Evacuations to avoid a giant wildfire in Fort McMurray, Canada continued Thursday after more than 88,000 people had already fled the region twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77f64f715fc7d18b/69889206a988cae86b6b7b9d/alberta-fort-mcmurray-fire-satellite.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fort McMurray Wildfire Prompts More Evacuations  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 5, 2016 4:21 PM CUT  Smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray in Alberta are shown in this NASA satellite photo captured on May 3, 2016. Smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray in Alberta are shown in this NASA satellite photo captured on May 3, 2016.NASA/Handout/Reuters  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 5, 2016 4:21 PM CUT Evacuations to protect people from a [giant wildfire](http://time.com/4317554/canadian-wildfire-destroys-80-of-homes-in-one-fort-mcmurray-suburb/ "undefined") in Fort McMurray, Canada continued Thursday after more than 88,000 people had already fled the region. The communities of Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates as well local native First Nation communities received evacuation orders Thursday, according to a Reuters [report](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-wildfire-fortmcmurray-idUSKCN0XU2D8?il=0 "undefined"). Energy company ConocoPhillips also said it would evacuate a local facility and [oil prices have already risen](http://time.com/4319287/fort-mcmurray-canada-wildfire-oil-prices/ "undefined") as a result of the threat the wildfire poses to local oil facilities and pipelines. The fire, which has burned more than 18,000 acres in the Canadian province of Alberta, has shown no sign of slowing soon thanks to warm, dry and windy weather conditions that fuel its rapid spread. Official say large portions of oil town Fort McMurray may have been destroyed. 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