Major forest fire in Fort Mac

Well it took 4 hours but I finally made it to Fort MacKay. Its amazing how unprepared most people are. I couldn't believe how many people ran out of gas on the road.

 

Not joking. About 10km/h all the way. Shoulders were packed with cars and people were setting up their RV's in the center median. Its crazy. Over 60k people displaced in just a few hours. I found I nice quiet corner in the back yard and I'm crashing in the back seat of my truck for tonight. Hopefully I still have a home to go to tomorrow but I'm doubtful.

 

No injuries truely is amazing. I feel for the trailer park residents. For a lot of them, that's home. They have nothing and nowhere to go

 

Most recent update. Sounds like we took some heavy losses in the southwest part of town. I thought for sure I lost my place but I'm hopeful now that I see downtown only lost 1 home.

 

Hey you live here too don't you? You doing alright?

I just drove through downtown. Nothing has been touched. My place was still standing. Grabbed my guitars and some food. Was stuck at the Petro in FMK for 2 hours to top my tank off this morning. From my understanding, Beacon Hill is history. One reporter was wondering where the remaining 20% is. I don't think 90% of Waterways is gone. There still looks like there's a decent amount of homes still standing. There were rumours that the hospital burned up but its still there.