Residents wait to hear if their homes spared by fire that ravaged Slave Lake

Shane O'Brien stands in front of what was once his home in Slave Lake.

Thousands of people who had to flee their northern Alberta community, as a wind-whipped wildfire crackled through their town, are waiting to hear if their homes are still standing.

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Slave Lake fires

Nearly one-third of Slave Lake, AB, has been destroyed after wildfires ravaged the town. Join our continuing coverage here.

A water bomber drops its water on a fire, 160 km northeast of Edmonton on May 15. Over 1,000 people were ordered to leave their homes Sunday when strong winds fanned two separate wildfires that burned on either side of Slave Lake.

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Thousands flee as strong winds fanned an out-of-control wildfire into a northern Alberta town where hundreds of buildings were destroyed.

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Firefighters work on a wild fire 160 km northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, on Sunday May 15, 2011. Over a thousand people were ordered to leave their homes on Sunday when strong winds fanned two separate wildfires that burned on either side of a northern Alberta town.

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Slave Lake fire destroys one third of town
What was once a neighbourhood of family homes is now an eerie moonscape of blackened cement foundations and charred automobile skeletons.

Slave Lake fire destroys one third of town
What was once a neighbourhood of family homes is now an eerie moonscape of blackened cement foundations and charred automobile skeletons.

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Thousands of people were fleeing their homes Sunday evening as strong winds fanned an out-of-control wildfire into a northern Alberta town where hundreds of buildings were destroyed and many roads were blocked.

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