>>4 Oh ok, that's fine, I understand now :)
And no actually it's quite bad (there's a lot of footage online, have a look if you're really curious). The fire is spreading so fast. It's already burned 850 square kilometers, which is about the size of the city of Calgary (here in southern Alberta, where I live); that's a huge amount.
For comparison of just how bad and how big the area burned (and it's spreading!) is: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/how-big-is-the-fort-mcmurray-fire/
Everything is burning really easily and fast, because the region hasn't had rainfall in a long time and there have been unusually high temperatures (high 20s to 30s Celsius) for this time of year. Very low humidity too (<15-20%). So everything is catching fire easily haha...
One woman said that by the time she got the evacuation order the fire was still pretty far from her home, but just a few minutes later it was already in her yard. She barely had time to grab her stuff and leave.
A lot of pets are also abandoned in evacuated homes too, because firefighters and rescue personnel are telling people not to return back home for their "pets and other stuff" :'(
