16-year-old rides horse to safety in the midst of the Fort McMurray wildfire

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By Liz Brown, Metro News, May 4, 2016 

Jada Polem and her Quarter Horse mare Mya are safe after being forced to leave their home as the fire came.

As the wind changed and wildfires pushed towards the north side of Fort McMurray, 16-year-old Jada Polem saddled up her horse and started riding through the bumper-to-bumper traffic on Confederation Way.

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