Canada firefighters battled blaze as own homes burnt down

GREGOIRE LAKE, Alberta (Reuters) - Fort McMurray's 160 firefighters worked almost non-stop in the first days of a massive Canadian wildfire that sent nearly 90,000 fleeing for safety, even as some of them lost their own homes, fire officials said on Sunday.

The wildfire scorching through Canada's oil sands region in northeast Alberta has razed entire neighborhoods in the city. The blaze, in its seventh day and now the size of Mexico City, is moving away from the city and oil sands facilities.