Raging forest fires in Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta forced the closure of one major oil-sands mining operation on Wednesday and reduced output at another, a day after tens of thousands of people evacuated a remote community that serves as a hub for the oil-sands industry. The rapid spread of the blaze emptied the town of Fort McMurray of some 80,000 residents and has started to affect operations at major oil-sands productions sites. The oil-sands facilities aren’t directly threatened by the uncontrolled forest fires, but have been affected by the mandatory evacuations of workers and their families. Many of the oil-sands sites opened their worker camps to evacuees and operators have sent nonessential staff out of the area. No injuries or casualties have been reported, but the fires swept through areas in and around Fort McMurray. Local authorities didn’t have an estimate for the number of homes or […]