Canadian town evacuated as wildfire approaches Fort McMurray (Photos)

Raging wildfires pressed in on the Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray after more than 80,000 people were forced to flee, abandoning fire-gutted neighbourhoods in a chaotic evacuation
CREDIT: @JEROMEGAROT/TWITTER//EPA  more pic after the cut

Michael Sadowsky, an evacuee from the Fort McMurray wildfires, holds his cat Dexter as he and his girlfriend Josie Graham are escorted through Fort McMurray after they were stranded north of the city
CREDIT: MARK BLINCH/REUTERS

Police officers direct traffic under a cloud of smoke from a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta
CREDIT: JASON FRANSON/AP

Twitter user @jeromegarot tweeted this photo of the wildfire raging through the town of Fort McMurray
CREDIT: @JEROMEGAROT/EPA

The worst is not over because of high temperatures and strong winds are forecast to continue, warned forestry manager Bernie Schmitte

The remains of a classic Triumph GT6 sit in a residential neighborhood destroyed by the wildfire
CREDIT: SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES

A water bomber drops its load on a wild fire south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on highway 63
CREDIT: JONATHAN HAYWARD/AP

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