Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Entire Canadian City

Residents of Fort McMurray were ordered to evacuate late Tuesday as a wildfire threatened the city, which lies in Canada's oil sands region.

The entire population of about 80,000 was put under a mandatory evacuation order at 6:20 p.m. as the fire that started to the southwest of Fort McMurray advanced towards the city. "This is the biggest evacuation we have seen in the history of the province in terms of fire," Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said at a news conference, according to Reuters.