Photos 9 May 2016

More than 80,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires continue to tear through the Canadian oil sands community of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta. The blaze forced cuts in area oil production and had destroyed more than 1,600 buildings in Fort McMurray by Wednesday.

Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

A wildfire burns behind abandoned vehicles on Alberta Highway 63 near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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Volunteer Marlee Hildebrandt carries her daughter while cleaning cots used by Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees, at a hockey rink in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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Fort McMurray wildfire evacuee Alan Javierto, 27, plays a guitar while lying on a cot at an evacuation centre in a hockey arena, in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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Two residential houses stand shrouded in smoke from wildfires burning in this aerial photograph taken over Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 6, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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Donated shoes for Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees are seen at an evacuation centre, in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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A wildfire burns south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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A young girl who was evacuated due to the Fort McMurray wildfire plays at an oilfield work camp where approximately 500 evacuees are staying, in Wandering River, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, May 8, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees utilize cots at a hockey rink in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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A helicopter carrying water flies during sunset in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 6, 2016. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg
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