What they need in Fort McMurray is rain but there’s only a 40 per cent change of showers on the weekend as the wildfire continues to get larger. Officials warn without rain, it may be weeks before all the fires are put out.
Saint John-Rothesay M-P Wayne Long says this is an epic natural disaster and could turn out to be historic.
The federal government has sent 7 thousand cots for evacuees at the emergency shelters with another 13 thousand on the way.
