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It would be the reason oil prices have gone up as it has spread to the oil-sands http://www.wsj.com/articles/alberta-evacuations-expanded-as-fires-spread-146246

• randlet 11y ago
  Fort Mac is really a boom town and it's my understanding that most of the residents of Fort Mac are employed directly or indirectly by oil & gas. Production will certainly be hurting in that area for a while to come.
  • beenswervin 11y ago
    Yup. Canadian dollar is being hurt by this too
  • madaxe_again 11y ago
    Everyone seems to be either not considering or unaware of the tar sands relationship with the fire - surely ripping up millions of hectares of vegetation, which helps drive rainfall, has had some impact towards the severity of the fire.