Mind-blowing plumes of smoke filmed in burning Alberta as more areas ordered to flee (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Images and timelapse photography of a huge and rapidly approaching wall of smoke and fire in northern Alberta have appeared on Twitter as Canadian authorities ordered more hamlets and territory to be evacuated due to weather conditions.
Alberta’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are going door-to-door, warning residents of Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates, and Fort McMurray First Nation to leave ASAP.
The #ymmfire is moving into Anzac fast. Fire officials are packing up Operations Centre & fleeing. @ctvedmontonpic.twitter.com/uKYYjbYLzz
— Sean Amato (@JSJamato) May 5, 2016
Firefighter, "Anzac is f**cked. We can't fight that. We have no bombers. Get out now." #ymmfire@ctvedmonton#ymmpic.twitter.com/RYDUsBDzsh
— Sean Amato (@JSJamato) May 5, 2016
Busses will be ready to begin mandatory evacuations at 11 pm local time.
Mandatory Evacuation Order - May 4, 9:50 p.m. pic.twitter.com/TPVwsx2sJH
— RMWB (@RMWoodBuffalo) May 5, 2016
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This thing is a beast #ymmfire@weathernetwork#ABfire@StormhunterTWNpic.twitter.com/WX4NcnaFS2
— Deb Matejicka (@debmatejicka) May 5, 2016
Image from Stone Creek, Fort McMurray, Canada. #ymm#ymmfirepic.twitter.com/ZdIrHnlJir
— Leslie (@LeslieChivers) May 5, 2016
Why Anzac is being evac'd & why @BrianJeanWRP & @TanyYao broke camp. Looking north from Anzac. #ymm#ymmfirespic.twitter.com/1AlDz1NyHm
— Vitor Marciano (@Vitormarciano) May 5, 2016
Pyrocumulus building so fast it's got a pilleus cap on it. Tremendous heat underneath #ymmfire@weathernetworkpic.twitter.com/mUgcfHtTj8
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) May 5, 2016
Unreal movement on this smoke cloud right now. Hard to capture its magnitude. Massive. #ymmfire#ymm@ctvedmontonpic.twitter.com/1hfj02IDci
— Sean Amato (@JSJamato) May 5, 2016
That black smoke is where we were 45 minutes ago. Terrifying. #ymm#ymmfirepic.twitter.com/u3HSHkmqaf
— BreannaKarstensSmith (@BreannaCTV) May 4, 2016
TIMELAPSE: Smoke moving in on Fort McMurray airport (images via NAV Canada webcam) https://t.co/xE5SNBjZ1M#ymmfirepic.twitter.com/QMeiOgKKLs
— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 5, 2016