Fort McMurray residents return home after wildfires ravage city

Burnt out vehicles and other objects remain in the back of a downtown home in Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. Workers clean a McDonald’s in Timberlea, a neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

FILE — In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Fort McMurray Fire Chief Darby Allen look over a burnt out car during a visit to Fort McMurray, Canada. Canada’s central bank says the Canadian economy will shrink and become much weaker than expected because of Alberta’s devastating wildfires, which shut down its oil sands production. The Bank of Canada, which kept its key interest rate on hold Wednesday, May 25, said its preliminary assessment is that the destruction and halt to oil production will knock about 1 1/4 percentage points off real GDP growth in the second quarter. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

The devastated neighborhood of Timberlea in Fort McMurray, Canada is shown on Wednesday June 1, 2016. Residents started to return to the fire-damaged city in northern Alberta on Wednesday, but officials have warned that they should not expect everything to be running normally right away. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Resident Kenny Gibbons looks through his demolished backyard in the neighborhood of Timberlea, in Fort McMurray, Canada, on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Residents started to return to the fire-damaged city in northern Alberta on Wednesday, but officials have warned that they should not expect everything to be running normally right away. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Fort McMurray Fire Chief Darby Allen look over the devastation caused by a massive wildfire during a visit to Fort McMurray, Alta., on Friday, May 13, 2016. Trudeau arrived in wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray on Friday and after taking a helicopter tour to assess the damage said he doesn’t think most Canadians comprehend yet the scope of what happened in the oil sands capital, where more than 88,000 people were forced to evacuate. (Jason Franson /The Canadian Press via AP)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves the helicopter during a visit to see the devastation caused by the wildfire, in Fort McMurray, Canada., Friday, May 13, 2016. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

The charred remains of homes, various items, and a vehicle litter the neighborhood of Beacon Hill in wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Friday, May 13, 2016. (Jason Franson /The Canadian Press via AP)

A Fort McMurray resident looks over the damage in the neighborhood of Timberlea in Fort McMurray, Canada, on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Residents started to return to the fire-damaged city in northern Alberta on Wednesday, but officials have warned that they should not expect everything to be running normally right away. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Resident Kenny Gibbons rakes his lawn in the neighborhood of Timberlea, in Fort McMurray Alberta, on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Residents began returning to their homes after being evacuated due to wildfires. People returning Wednesday lived in areas that were mostly spared by the flames. Residents in harder hit areas are to return in the coming days. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

FILE — This file photo taken on May 7, 2016 shows flames and smoke rising off Highway 63 outside Fort McMurray, Canada. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for some 20 oil sands camps and facilities in Canada’s Alberta province due to smoke and flames from the Fort McMurray wildfire, regional emergency officials said May 17, 2016. The evacuation orders, which affect some 8,000 people, were issued late Monday (0200 GMT Tuesday) for a region between Fort McMurray and a few kilometers south of the town of Fort MacKay, officials said. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters and RCMP officers greet Fort McMurray residents from an overpass on Highway 63 just outside Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Forest rangers work on hot spots along Highway 63 outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers clean a McDonald’s in Timberlea, a neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Forest rangers work on hot spots along Highway 63 outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Destroyed homes in the Fort McMurray, Alberta neighbourhood of Timberlea are seen on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers spray a mix of concrete and water to control harmful dust and smoke amid the wreckage in the Fort McMurray, Alberta neighbourhood of Abasand on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Destroyed homes are seen in the Fort McMurray, Alberta neighbourhood of Abasand on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Wreckage in the Fort McMurray, Alberta neighbourhood of Abasand on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers clean a McDonald’s in Timberlea, a neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Forest rangers work on hot spots along Highway 63 outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta on June 1, 2016. Tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents were expected to begin trickling back into the Canadian oil city ravaged by wildfires Wednesday after the blaze was declared no longer a threat. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Fort McMurray residents return home after wildfires ravage city

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