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Firefighters Gain Control of One Blaze Threatening Oil Sands in Alberta
Firefighters gained control of one wildfire near the main oil-sands region of Alberta on Wednesday but continued to battle a much larger blaze to the south that’s threatening the area’s biggest city. The fire just north of Fort McMurray, located close to where massive oil-sands mines produce hundreds of thousands of barrels a day of crude, was downgraded to “being held” at less than a hectare (2.5 acres) in size overnight, leaving just one out-of-control conflagration in the province. Meanwhile, southwest of the city a much bigger blaze that prompted the evacuation of about 6,000 residents was downgraded to ... (full story)