This is terrifying scene through the windshield as one family fled Fort McMurray
Thousands of residents of the northern Alberta town of Fort McMurray have fled through flames leaping at them across the only highway out of town as a wildfire seemed set to destroy the community. The local hospital was said to be on fire and many homes and camp grounds have been wiped out. Brian Jean, the member of the Legislature for the area, said flames were encroaching on the city centre and the city’s evacuated hospital was on fire. “Our hospital is on fire, where my children were born,” a sombre Jean told The Canadian Press in an interview. “My home of the last 10 years and the home I had for 15 years before that are both destroyed. “I’m just hoping that the home I grew up in isn’t, but I’m afraid it probably is.”He said businesses that have been in his family for three generations have been destroyed. “It is a devastating impact but I’m hoping that we’ve had no loss of life,” he said. Spectator Global
