The 328 square-mile fire at Fort McMurray has forced 88,000 people to evacuate
May 6th, 2016** “….More than 1,110 firefighters, 145 helicopters and 22 air tankers are fighting the fires…..”
Acquired May 3
Acquired May 4
References
- Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (2016, May 4) Fort McMurray Area Update. Accessed May 4, 2016.
- Alberta Government (2016, May 4) Emergency updates. Accessed May 4, 2016.
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (2016, May 4) Fort McMurray Wildfire Updates. Accessed May 4, 2016.
- The Washington Post (2016, May 4) A Canadian oil-sands town is on fire; 80,000 residents must evacuate. Accessed May 4, 2016.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
- Instrument(s):
- Landsat 8 – OLI