Canada's Fort McMurray wildfire becomes a flashpoint for environmental debate

WANDERING RIVER, Alberta - A wildfire was growing just outside Fort McMurray, but Matt Hepditch went to work in the oil sands the way he always does.

Some people had evacuated, though reports the night before suggested the fire would move away from the hard-working city at the center of Canada’s oil industry.

Then the wind shifted.

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