Fort McMurray Burn Scar

The fire in Alberta, Canada, had burned 2,410 square kilometers of land by May 12, 2016.

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Fires Continue in Fort McMurray

The Fort McMurray fire continued to spread, burning 850 square kilometers by the morning of May 5, 2016.

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Wildfire Spreads in Fort McMurray

Wildfire continued to spread through Fort McMurray in Canada’s Northern Alberta region.

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Fort McMurray Fire Continues to Rage

A shift in the winds has put worker camps north of Fort McMurray at risk.

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Wildfire in Fort McMurray

A wildfire burned through neighborhoods in Fort McMurray, Alberta, displacing tens of thousands of residents.

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Fort McMurray Wildfire Still Burns

The Fort McMurray wildfire remains out of control, burning under high to extreme fire conditions.

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Heat Fuels Fire at Fort McMurray

Unusually warm temperatures were part of the fire weather that spurred flames to spread through Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada.

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Wildfires in Western Canada

Several large wildfires burn in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northern Territories, Canada in this image from June 26, 2011.

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Santa Rosa Scarred by Fire

In the past week, 21 wildfires have ignited in communities north and east of San Francisco Bay, consuming at least 170,000 acres.

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Fires Burn in Parched New Zealand

Wildfires near the city of Nelson burned amid a hot, dry summer.

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Fires Char Madeira

An outbreak of fire on the Portuguese island blackened a large swath of forest.

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Smoke from Alberta Streams into the United States

Winds pushed plumes of smoke from an intense wildfire in Alberta southeast into the Great Plains.

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Large Fires in Northern Mexico

This image pair shows two large fires burning in the mountains of northern Mexico on April 3, 2011.

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High Cascades Complex, Oregon

Taken on September 9, this image shows the extent of the High Cascades Complex fire burning in northern Oregon.

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High-res View of the Montana Fires

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