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Un convoi traverse Fort McMurray avec des évacués

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Un convoi massif est en route afin de déplacer des milliers d'évacués qui se trouvent actuellement dans des camps au nord de Fort McMurray, en Alberta.

La GRC et les militaires sont chargés de diriger le convoi d'environ 1500 véhicules.

La GRC estime qu'il faudra au moins quatre jours pour évacuer l'ensemble des 25 000 personnes qui sont coincées dans des camps au nord

Le sergent John Spaans, porte-parole de la GRC, explique que 50 véhicules à la fois peuvent traverser Fort McMurray par l'autoroute 63.

Avant le départ, le gouvernement de la province de l'Alberta a dû acheminer par citernes du carburant après avoir sécurisé la route.

« Une nouvelle station à essence mobile a été installée à environ 30 km au nord de Fort McMurray sur l'autoroute 63 pour l'évacuation du convoi au sud », a annoncé vendredi à l'aube le gouvernement provincial.

Le premier groupe s'est mis en route en roulant à environ 50 ou 60 km/h à 6h, heure locale, quatre jours après qu'un incendie de forêt eut forcé l'évacuation de la ville albertaine.

Des voitures de la GRC sont placées à l'avant et à l'arrière du convoi. Une surveillance du haut des airs est également prévue.

« C'est pourquoi nous avons les hélicoptères (...), juste pour nous assurer que les automobilistes et premiers répondants seront en sécurité s'il y a un changement soudain dans la direction des flammes, explique M. Spaans. Ils pourront aviser tout le monde immédiatement. »

Toutes les intersections le long de la route du convoi ont été bloquées pour éviter que des automobilistes cherchent à retourner dans leur maison, et prévenir toute avancée des feux qui rendrait la traversée dangereuse.

On espère que tous les véhicules seront sortis du secteur vendredi, si la météo, l'incendie et les conditions routières coopèrent, précise M. Spaans.

La police cessera d'accompagner les convois lorsqu'ils seront arrivés à 20 kilomètres au sud de Fort McMurray. Les évacués poursuivront alors leur route jusqu'aux environs d'Edmonton, à plus de 400 kilomètres au sud.

D'autres stations essence mobiles ont été disposées le long de l'autoroute 63, ont indiqué les autorités.

Les équipes luttant contre les flammes qui ravagent Fort McMurray ont utilisé des bombardiers à eau, jeudi, afin d'empêcher le feu de se répandre davantage.

« (L'incendie) créait ses propres vents violents, hier, et des éclairs sortaient même des nuages de fumée qu'il avait créés », a raconté Chad Morrison, du ministère des Forêts, lors d'une séance d'information à Edmonton, jeudi.

Il a expliqué que l'incendie avait continué de prendre de l'ampleur, jeudi, mais à un rythme plus lent qu'auparavant, et qu'il s'était étendu dans des secteurs boisés loin de la communauté.

Le chef régional des pompiers, Darby Allen, s'est tourné vers les médias sociaux, tard dans la soirée, pour envoyer aux résidants un message vidéo.

« Nous sommes toujours ici, nous nous battons toujours, a-t-il déclaré. Les choses se sont un peu calmées dans la ville, mais nos hommes sont à l'extérieur au moment où je vous parle, luttant contre les flammes, tentant de protéger vos propriétés. »

« La bête est toujours vivante, elle entoure la ville, et nous faisons de notre mieux pour vous. »

Les autorités n'ont pu donner une mise à jour du nombre de bâtiments qui ont brûlé, déjà évalué à 1600 plus tôt cette semaine.

M. Morrison a indiqué que 22 bombardiers à eau étaient utilisés et qu'il en attendait davantage, dont quatre du Québec.

« Mais soyons clairs : les avions-citernes n'arrêteront pas ce brasier, a prévenu Chad Morrison, du ministère des Forêts. Cet incendie profitera du temps sec et se poursuivra tant qu'il ne pleuvra pas au moins un peu. »

La première ministre a souligné que même lorsque l'incendie serait maîtrisé, les responsables auraient besoin de temps pour vérifier l'état des bâtiments et structures afin d'assurer la sécurité des gens revenant sur les lieux. Elle a indiqué qu'il y aurait davantage d'information dans les prochains jours sur l'aide concrète pour les exilés, notamment en matière de liquidités et de solutions de logement.

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Vehicles drive away from Fort McMurray as winds pick up and smoke begins to darken, just south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Vehicles stranded just 15km's south of Fort McMurray get filled with fuel May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Vehicles drive away from Fort McMurray as winds pick up and smoke begins to darken just south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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An aircraft is seen flying above Fort McMurray as winds begin to pickup, May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Vehicles drive away from Fort McMurray as winds pick up and smoke begins to darken just south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada are shown in this composite satellite handout photo from NASA taken May 3, 2016. NASA/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (credit:NASA NASA / Reuters)

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Smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada are shown in this composite satellite handout photo from NASA taken May 3, 2016. NASA/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (credit:NASA NASA / Reuters)

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Angie Steil prepares food for the assembled residents of Fort McMurray after they were ordered to be evacuated due to a raging wildfire, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Residents of Fort McMurray line up outside a grocery store after they were ordered to be evacuated due to a raging wildfire, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Mike Graham takes a sip of water as he prepares his lunch on Indian Beach just south of Fort McMurray May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Volunteers stock shelves as they prepare for residents of Fort McMurray displaced by a raging wildfire, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Scott Biggs, a resident of Fort McMurray, purchases food after being ordered to evacuate with fellow Fort McMurray residents due to a raging wildfire, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Full time guitar teacher Justin Ferrari relaxes on a beach south of Fort McMurray after being evacuated due to a raging wildfire May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Residents of Fort McMurray line up outside a grocery store after they were ordered to be evacuated due to a raging wildfire, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Members of 417 Combat Support Squadron prepare to depart for Fort McMurray as part of Operation LENTUS 2016 at 4 Hangar, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. Cpl Manuela Berger/Canadian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Members of 417 Combat Support Squadron prepare to depart for Fort McMurray as part of Operation LENTUS 2016 at 4 Hangar, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. Cpl Manuela Berger/Canadian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Members of 417 Combat Support Squadron prepare to depart for Fort McMurray as part of Operation LENTUS 2016 at 4 Hangar, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. Cpl Manuela Berger/Canadian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Residents of Fort McMurray line up for gas after they were ordered to be evacuated due to raging wildfires, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Residents of Fort McMurray line up for gas after they were ordered to be evacuated due to raging wildfires, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Ben Sauve, resident of Fort McMurray, fills his vehicle with fuel after waiting the good part of the morning after him and fellow Fort McMurray residents were ordered to be evacuated due to raging wildfires, in Anzac, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Keven Sagisi fills a water bottle from the back of his truck in Anzac, Alberta, after evacuating Fort McMurray due to raging wildfires, May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Students from Fort McMurray Composite High School are released early as wildfire burns nearby in Fort McMurray, Alberta May 3, 2016. An uncontrolled wildfire burning near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced the evacuation of nearly all the city's 80,000 residents, local authorities said on May 3, 2016. Courtesy Kangeun Lee/Handout via REUTERS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Wildfire is seen from MacDonald Island Park near Fort McMurray, Alberta May 3, 2016. An uncontrolled wildfire burning near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced the evacuation of nearly all the city's 80,000 residents, local authorities said on May 3, 2016. Courtesy Kangeun Lee/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Students from Fort McMurray Composite High School are released early as wildfire burns nearby in Fort McMurray, Alberta May 3, 2016. An uncontrolled wildfire burning near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced the evacuation of nearly all the city's 80,000 residents, local authorities said on May 3, 2016. Courtesy Kangen Lee/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Wildfire is seen from MacDonald Island Park near Fort McMurray, Alberta May 3, 2016. An uncontrolled wildfire burning near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced the evacuation of nearly all the city's 80,000 residents, local authorities said on May 3, 2016. Courtesy Kangen Lee/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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The Fort McMurray Wildfire in Alberta, Canada, is seen in a daytime view captured by the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite at 4:05 pm EDT (20:05 GMT) May 4, 2016. Hotspots, indicating fires are outlined in red. Picture taken May 4, 2016. REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (credit:NASA NASA / Reuters)

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Students from Fort McMurray Composite High School are released early as wildfire burns nearby in Fort McMurray, Alberta May 3, 2016. An uncontrolled wildfire burning near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced the evacuation of nearly all the city's 80,000 residents, local authorities said on May 3, 2016. Courtesy Kangen Lee/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Alberta officers are seen during search, rescue and evacuation efforts as they respond to wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada in this twitter image posted on May 4, 2016. Courtesy RCMP Alberta/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (credit:Handout . / Reuters)

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Fort McMurray resident Crystal Maltais buckles in her daughter, Mckennah Stapley, as they prepare to leave Conklin, Alberta, for Lac La Biche after evacuating their home in Fort McMurray on Tuesday May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Wendy Tremblay, resident of Conklin, Alta., prepares cots for residents of Fort McMurray as they prepare to assemble in Conklin, Alta. after their city of 62,000 was evacuated due to raging wildfires on May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Topher Seguin (credit:Topher Seguin / Reuters)

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Two women walk between portable houses at a camp just outside of Wandering River, Canada, on May 5, 2016. The camp is currently housing more than 400 people displaced by the Fort McMurray forest fires, as many make their way south to Edmonton. / AFP / Cole Burston/ (Photo credit should read COLE BURSTON//AFP/Getty Images) (credit:COLE BURSTON via Getty Images)

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Volunteers load bottled water to be delivered to Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees in Wandering River, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. A fire fueled by shifting winds that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes and threatened the business district of oil-sands hub Fort McMurray, Canada, raged out of control Wednesday after consuming 80 square kilometers (30 square miles) of land and damaging 1,600 buildings. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees look through clothing donations at a community center in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. A fire fueled by shifting winds that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes and threatened the business district of oil-sands hub Fort McMurray, Canada, raged out of control Wednesday after consuming 80 square kilometers (30 square miles) of land and damaging 1,600 buildings. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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