(MENAFN) More than 80,000 displaced residents in Fort McMurray city of Canadian western Alberta province are anticipated to return home starting June-1, based on reports.
Residents of Fort McMurray fled two weeks ago when a wildfire, nicknamed the Beast, stormed into the city on May 3 and consumed over 2,400 homes and buildings.
Since then, the displaced people have been living in evacuation centers in Edmonton, Calgary and other cities in Alberta province, or bunking with friends or relatives.
For the time line, the re-entry plan calls on the displaced residents to return on a voluntary basis on June-1, and then the entire population will be able to return by June-15.
Meanwhile, the wildfire has spread steadily north and east of Fort McMurray and now covers over 4,230 square km of Canada's boreal forest as of Wednesday morning.
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