'Couldn't have done any more': Fire chief gives tour of Fort McMurray fire damage
Several officials toured Fort McMurray neighbourhoods to survey the aftermath of the wildfire first hand. Wood Buffalo Fire Chief Darby Allen said 85 per cent of Fort McMurray is still intact. CBC's Briar Stewart was on that tour and shares her insight.
If there's any good news coming out of fire-stricken northern Alberta, it's that lower temperatures, a little rain and slower winds have slowed the progress of the catastrophic wildfires.
But the bad news — the hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed over the last week — remains.
On May 9, several provincial officials, including Premier Rachel Notley and Wood Buffalo mayor Melissa Blake toured Fort McMurray to take stock of the damage first hand.
The CBC's Briar Stewart has been in northern Alberta covering the wildfire since it hit Fort McMurray and joined the tour to survey the damage. She joined guest host Laura Lynch to tell us more about what the tour revealed.
This segment was produced by The Current's Marc Apollonio.