BRIEF-Alberta to start re-entry of Fort McMurray on June 1 if safe

Published 2016-05-18, 05:42 p/m
© Reuters.  BRIEF-Alberta to start re-entry of Fort McMurray on June 1 if safe

May 18 (Reuters) -
* Alberta Premier says air quality scale needs to be below
10 for people to re-enter Fort McMurray
* Alberta Premier says not aware of any further damage to
industry camps from Fort McMurray fire, aside from loss of
Blacksand lodge
* Alberta Premier says air quality issues back set Fort
McMurray re-entry plans back, hospital restoration has stalled
* Alberta Premier says if five re-entry conditions are met
residents will be allowed to begin to return to Fort McMurray
from June 1
* Premier says if fire conditions change re-entry timeline
may start later than June 1
* Alberta Premier says Fort McMurray schools will not be
conducting formal classes until September
* Alberta Premier says return of workers to oil sands camps
governed by whether it is safe from fire, air quality
perspective
* Alberta official says firefighters optimistic about
ability to hold fire back from Suncor and Syncrude sites
* Alberta official says expecting lighter winds, continued
humidity and potential for rain over next couple of days
* Alberta Premier says Fort McMurray will have basic
services, not complete services by June 1
* Alberta Premier says because of economic slowdown not all
oil sands camps were being fully utilised before fires began
* Alberta Premier says will wait to hear from producers
whether they have a shortage of camp inventory overall for
workers

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