Fort McMurray fire stalled 5 kilometres from Saskatchewan border

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By Adam Hunter CBC News, May 18, 2016 

Smoke is the worry for people in the La Loche region

Fire officials say the Fort McMurray fire has stalled about five kilometres from the Alberta-Saskatchewan border — about 30 kilometres from La Loche, Sask., the nearest community.

“It has moved a couple hundred metres. It’s still approximately five kilometres from the border. It has not moved significantly on that face,” said Kevin Murphy, the acting deputy minister of Saskatchewan Environment.

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