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As residents of Fort McMurray endure yet another day of threatening wildfires stories of survival and devastation begin to surface. These latest images capture the scenes in the fire raged northern Alberta region.


Smoke rises from wildfires burning in this aerial photograph taken above Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg)


Burnt trees from wildfires still stand around residential homes in this aerial photograph taken above Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg)


Charred trees from the wildfires seen from the air above Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg)


RCMP officers guard a roadblock ahead of spreading wildfires. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)


Michael Sadowsky, who had been stranded north of the city in Wandering River, Alberta, kisses his cat Dexter after being escorted through Fort McMurray. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)


Huge plumes of smoke rise into the air as an out of control wildfire burns near Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg)


Evacuees from the wildfires, Dave Wendel, his son Colt, and his daughter Clieo, who were escorted through Fort McMurray after being stranded north of the city, pack up their trailer in Wandering River, Alberta. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)


A Fort McMurray evacuee sleeps on a cot at a hockey rink in Lac La Biche, Alberta. (Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg)


The wildfires glow underneath The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, near Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)


Burned homes and vehicles in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Fort McMurray. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


The remains of a charred bicycle sit in a residential neighborhood heavily damages by a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)


Burned homes next to others that escaped the wildfire in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


A garage remains intact on property where the home and two vehicles were gutted by fire in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


Two RCMP police officers wear gas masks in the smoke from the wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)