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Thousands more flee fast-spreading wildfire in Canada

Fast-moving wildfires spread farther across the Alberta oil sands region on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of three more communities south of Fort McMurray and the work camps north of the city. Thousands of people who fled the flames earlier in the week had to evacuate for the second time in three days. UW-Madison’s SSEC helped interpret satellite imagery of the fires.