Fire effect on First Nation

Melanie Dene still remembers the harrowing ordeal of driving through fiery hell during the evacuation of Fort McMurray six months ago with her two young daughters.

The chaos of traffic-choked roads, the thick smoke from the massive northern Alberta wildfire and flames so hot that her car stalled — its engine on fire — are all still fresh in her mind.

"It was scary and I was like 'Oh my God," she said. "I just started praying and telling my girls that it was going to be OK.

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