4 k- Q0 E1 p: w% r Y9 O' K$ xAbout 4,000 workers spread between 12 work camps near Fort McMurray have been told to evacuate as the wildfire moves rapidly north.5 s# z% L* c% c7 }0 H$ p
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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says the fire is gobbling 30 to 40 metres of forest per minute and is now only six kilometres from Tower Road, a dirt road where several residential trailers are located.