Wildfires that levelled neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray have slowed their rampage through the tinder-dry forest in northern Alberta. That's allowing firefighters in the oilpatch city to focus on hotspots in advance of a first-hand look today by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. Canadian Press reporter Ken Trimble says Notley is expected to witness a patchwork of mass destruction. (As of yesterday, the blaze had grown to about 16-hundred square kilometres, but authorities hope cooler temperatures this week will give firefighters the upper hand.)

Date: 2016-05-09
Placeline: Undated.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 17 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << not this already or thousands of evacuees to brace for the media images that will flow from her visit she says they'll be dramatic and she's also reminding them that counseling services are available its hope not a place first time look will give her government a better sense of when residents can return >>

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