Wildfire continues to grow, convoy moves people south

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FORT MCMURRAY (NEWS 1130) – The Alberta government expects to complete moving people through Fort McMurray by the end of the day to the south side of a massive and growing wildfire that is threatening the city.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says officials expect the fire to possibly double in size today and reach the boundary with Saskatchewan to the east.

The government says the area damaged by fire or still burning had grown last night to 1,560 square kilometres.

Notley says the fire is burning away from communities, but weather conditions are making fighting the fire more difficult today. She says firefighters continue to protect the downtown and homes in Fort McMurray and held the line for a second straight day.

The premier says the gas supply has been turned off in the city and the power grid has been damaged.

Chad Morrison with Alberta Wildfires says damage to buildings in the community of Anzac was not as great as first feared.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley:

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