Harrowing Fort McMurray wildfire escape

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Dashcam video captures Michel Chamberland's harrowing escape, he talks to Heather Hiscox about his ordeal. To read more: www.cbc.ca/1.3567571
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@SickIntentions 8 лет назад

That biker looks to be flinching in pain from the heat, I hope he's okay.

@jackf4780 8 лет назад

+Cora King Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't just ride the sidewalk out. I think people would have understood.

@jimothycurrier3797 5 лет назад

I would have broken into someone's window and find something to cover my face with lol

@MrOverdoze1991 5 лет назад

i want to know how he can balance that bike with those massive cohones.

@MapleBalls 4 года назад

Time to go! Should have just rode the sidewalks....

@dualsoul7398 3 года назад

Wish He had his own record escaping those wildfire with that motorcycle..🔥😳

@Shearwater6 8 лет назад

No one seems to be panicking. True testament to Canadians. So glad no ones been hurt!

@zanefromninjago6058 4 года назад

Trust me everyone was in such a state of panic it left so many mental scars to almost everyone

@CraZy291 3 года назад

@@zanefromninjago6058 you could get PTSD just from the footage... so glad everyone got out alive from this 🙏

@babysmamma90 2 года назад

Oh trust me when I say we pannicked

@hweebs Год назад

Oh we were panicking

@Chloe-lr1kb 11 месяцев назад

@@hweebssame

@cas348 3 года назад

having to go through this when i was 11 years old was beyond anything i can imagine, the trauma didnt really settle in until later thats for sure.

@nasher6356 3 года назад

I was in third grade the thing i was scared most about was my dad my uncle came to take me my mon and my brother and my dad stayed back to help evacuate people i wasnt sure if he would be safe or not but thankfully he was

@cas348 3 года назад

@@nasher6356 I’m glad you and your family are alright. You were even younger than me, I can’t imagine how it affected you.

@peppaweee8705 2 года назад

Bruh I remember when it went down i was in grade 8. At 1 the sky was so clear like not a cloud in sight but then at 2 the sky was red as if there was an apocalypse. Literally I came out of school to see abason burning. I’m kinda glad that we had to evacuate cause I didn’t study, Would have failed 😭. The sad part was the girl who died that day I saw her entering my class the day before.

@roughindividual147 2 года назад

Glad you made it out lil bro, I remember I was in grade 10 when this was happening, was always praying for everyone there

@caesarslegiontww1646 Год назад

@@nasher6356 Same here

@MySnaz 8 лет назад

That so many people escaped without harm is a testament to the heroism of the first responders. But , also to the evacuees themselves. It takes courage and a level head, many level heads, to go through something like that and still maintain your wits. They are all heroes in my mind.

@amandamurphy-qp2vj 9 месяцев назад

Tysm I was in that nobody died

@MySnaz 9 месяцев назад

@@amandamurphy-qp2vj My nephew was as well 😔💔He lost his home, everything.

@cacampbell3654 7 лет назад

One year later, the footage and interview are still terrifying! ❤️

@sanniepstein4835 Год назад

The best of Canada: they're fleeing a wildfire, and still take turns entering the traffic stream. Respect.

@lilocookies1660 3 года назад

I look around now at these videos.. realizing we’re lucky that the fire never reached our house and we’re safe. I’m very grateful for everything.. thank you so much firefighters.

@WeekzGod 8 лет назад

Its like driving through hell...

@bowens9211 4 года назад

Already knew that way before your comment

@uriah9645 4 года назад

Bowens92 and?

@alanliu6096 8 лет назад

Its like end of the world

@Noah-es3dt 8 лет назад

Yeah

@hi-hk2zv 8 лет назад

+Mn “MasenGames” Gs really? a zombie joke?

@wisdom-human3126 8 лет назад

sounds good dont it

@charleelolgamer87jr10 7 лет назад

Zelong Liu ya but at my home.

@amberdockhorn5069 5 лет назад

Actually, the end of the world happened on September 11, 2001, and as a result of all the chemicals that were released into the air, alot of natural disasters have been happening in the years following, including Fort Mac.

@RenegadeLilyandIndy 2 года назад

I still can't believe this was 5 years ago.The houses I grew up in, burnt down, and my dad had to evacuate work. He sent me a video of the 50 ft flames on both sides of the highway, and my grandparents left because the house they had purchased in waterways was gone. Fire doesn't care, but people do.

@manonboucher5817 8 лет назад

How terrifying this must have been

@lesbrown7009 8 лет назад

+Manon Boucher You have to see a real wildfire to believe it. It roars. And howls. And explodes. I never want to see another one. I saw mine when I was about 9 years old. I know what these people went through.

@mirandamercer9094 5 лет назад

Manon Boucher it was very scary. I went through it too. I was in the same area as this guy because I lived in beacon hill too. My house was burnt and I was 9 years old when this happened. I’m now 12 years old and it still scares me. I hope everyone else is ok. And on my way out I saw the gas station explosion

@mirandamercer9094 5 лет назад

Les Brown did you go through this one too? Or was that a different one. Because I was 9 when this fire happened.

@charleeisnothere3701 4 года назад

I had a panic attack while that happened, how fun isn’t it?

@charleeisnothere3701 4 года назад

Miranda Mercer i was 8 when that happened

@joshhouston3443 8 лет назад

Hell on earth.

@lesbrown7009 8 лет назад

+Josh Houston Worse.

@Chloe-lr1kb 11 месяцев назад

Watching back at this is crazy because I lived through that traumatic experience. When it started getting bad I was at school waiting for my mom to pick me up to evacuate.

@sethhorst6158 5 лет назад

It looks like an actual real life Hell.

@bowens9211 4 года назад

Already thought of that way before you even thought "Now this is what hell is like, I'm not afraid of it anymore"

@FDCGaming2010 Год назад

im in quebec and seeing this feels like hell

@RubyStark10 7 лет назад

These videoes make me so so so thankful for our fire fighters and police force. I'd do anything for those people for what they did for us and all the wonderful people of Canada and around the world that supported us through that nightmare.

@YoursUntruly 2 года назад

I was there, cleaning up the mess.. what those firefighters did while we were there is just plain heroic

@Dunphy96 2 года назад

This was easily the worst thing I have ever went through in my life. Not to mention having both of my vehicles stolen days prior

@alexquallie1035 4 года назад

i lived i fort mac for 8 years. i was there left alone while my parents went to go fight it

@cas348 3 года назад

respect on you and your parents.

@hweebs Год назад

My dad went through the exact same as this footage. Took us 6 hours to reunite on what would have usually been a 30 min drive. We lost everything.

@krislarsen6546 2 года назад

That's a pretty high quality dash cam there.

@The_Opinion_of_Matt 11 месяцев назад

When this footage came out I said it was only a matter of time before Climate Change created a firestorm that kills 1000+ people. I never would have thought it would happen on the tropical rainforest that is Hawaii. One of the Hawaiian island receives 460 inches of rain each year.

@ImCalvinr93 Год назад

It makes me sad whenever a forest burns. That beauty gone.

@Walsh_4.0 4 года назад

This still Haunts my soul I still live here and every day I still wish it never happened

@chriscs9080 2 года назад

Hi, I am your neighbor

@sg8953 6 месяцев назад

There's a really good book by John Valliant called Fire Weather about this fire. If you're not a reader, you can still pull up videos of him discussing the book. Very important book.

@One_10 8 лет назад

sorry about all this . God bless to all people out there!

@ArronP 10 месяцев назад

I remember this event, and next thing u know a few months later the place was flooding ..I said why could that rain not come sooner

@pastelcolovrs 5 лет назад

2 years ago.. That was the most terrifying moment of my life. :):

@charleeisnothere3701 4 года назад

I don’t know why I still watch these videos, other people say “oh they are okay thank god” No, we’re not okay. We weren’t okay we’re still not okay people are still bothered by this, thousands of people aren’t oksy

@dxstructivefox2024 3 года назад

yeah I was in the middle of the fire up in Wood Buffalo, i still watch these videos just to come back to the disaster.

@ThinkingManNeil 8 лет назад

Astonishing. Like driving into an erupting volcano...

@baushiproductions6417 6 лет назад

I was in that fire,and my best friend's house was burnt down

@clockwerrk3473 8 лет назад

If this news anchor says pictures one more time.......

@rhiannonledger2234 8 лет назад

seriously? our province is going through the biggest disaster in history, and all you care about is how many times she says pictures? shame on you. I'm 10 hours away and it still breaks my heart. where the hell are YOU from?

@yarabimeloyffti9525 6 лет назад

Rhiannon Ledger (. 78

@yarabimeloyffti9525 6 лет назад

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@skyemartowski 4 года назад

This was horrible. Everyone was so scared

@solodolo539 8 лет назад

my cousin was one of the last cars out

@lesbrown7009 8 лет назад

+xZizk- Glad they made it. Someone had to be last.

@bowens9211 4 года назад

I can lie too I was the last human to make it out alive and guess what? It was worse than hell. I'm not afraid of hell

@eridiance9818 3 года назад

@@bowens9211 cringe

@bowens9211 3 года назад

@@eridiance9818 Lol you kids are angry to believe that I survived Hell lol

@starry_fest 7 лет назад

i'm sorry what these people had to go through, i know it was hard to leave their home, but they had to for their own safety :^(

@hweebs Год назад

My home burned. I lost everything but the clothes on my back.

@dark_tantrum4end997 3 года назад

I was so little I had no clue what was going on

@cas348 3 года назад

same here bud

@Fpvpilot928 Месяц назад

I can't stand bumper to bumper traffic when the sky isn't on fire raining embers, i can only imagine how furious I'd be when it is...

@brianlam257 8 лет назад

Isn't the cam keep recording all the way? Why is it this 6 min footage has to repeat so many times...

@austinconrad1135 3 года назад

at the 2:!5 mark....everyone is getting out and the firefighters are going in ....amazing!

@Iloveoliviarodrigoandchelsea 3 месяца назад

BRO THE FLAMES WERE PURPLE WTF

@lancereyes3305 7 лет назад

It's been 6 months now #FortMacStrong

@garyjohansson7195 8 лет назад

jesus christ! it is so shocking!

@benoltmanns6743 5 лет назад

What a horrific experience in 2017. So awful.

@astrixistheman Год назад

First off I thought, Jez that bikers driving dangerous, but when It showed the rear cam I instantly understand why. That would of been unbelievably hot

@natalnetal 2 месяца назад

How did it happen that no preventative measures had been taken???? Why we usually had a wild ire during the mid summer and now it happens as soon as the temperature rises up?

@Itsokaynowyoureokay Месяц назад

They were even so post to make another road after this but it wasn’t even made. Everyone still had to evacuate through one road.

@That_Funny_guy_in_the_comment. 3 года назад

Could feel the heat till hear

@cassiewang273 8 лет назад

omg is the guy riding motorcycle still ok?

@ImDefArtistic 3 года назад

I remember when this happened I was terrified

@shandellmoniquesmith7038 Год назад

Why, Canada?

@rosaec6604 8 лет назад

I saw a deer!! Poor thing 3:14

@icbm859 6 лет назад

Your eye's are playing trick's on you.

@mezpezlez 5 лет назад

@@icbm859 No thats def a dear...poor thing was so confused...it ran towards the fire.

@icbm859 5 лет назад

HHHmmm :)

@berg8427 4 года назад

Where? Oh i see i hope it is still alive if i was there i could just get the deer bring it to my car then treat it like a pet

@LyricalXilence 2 года назад

How is the fire that close yet he didn't know to evacuate until someone called?

@LemonSoulz Год назад

Fire came over the town pretty quick within 30 minutes most of beacon hill was covered in flames witch area of town this guy was. beacon hill was it the hardest pretty much all gone.

@TaylorYetto-mc2qc Год назад

Like the other comment says it spread SUPER fast from the winds. It was nearly too late by time it happened

@bleo8371 Год назад

Fact is they not panicking but also fact is they go terrible slowly...

@MemerTheDreamer-nv9zb 10 месяцев назад

Everyone was on the road, you expect them to speed up and crash into eachother?!

@DownShiftDrew 5 месяцев назад

Yeah no……I’d be wrong lanes of traffic, hopping on the sidewalk….anything to escape that!

@g.wu8 8 лет назад

the guy is quite chilled tho...

@alamepersonnn 3 года назад

I was there at the age of 5 and I was absolutely tarified

@bananamangod3915 4 года назад

One of those jeeps are my aunties

@mikegualjr Год назад

Heart breaks for red car left on side of road

@revizgd 3 года назад

Just imagine what would happen if they kept reposting and didn't give credit to the OP

@brandonvladovic4194 Год назад

"I can't imagine going on a motorcycle." Lol that would have been the best way, can weave in and around the backed up traffic.

@smyatt1 11 месяцев назад

I'm literally in the comments to see if there's an update on the motorbike dude. He'd have gotten major burns, at least!

@duckgoesquack4514 3 года назад

3:54 wonder what happened to the truck and trailer that split off..

@JoseRamirez-wv3pl 2 года назад

He jumped on The Highway To Hell

@robert606060 8 лет назад

love canada..from uk . will be okay soon

@racksshack1201 Год назад

Looked literally like hell

@chrism340i 5 лет назад

at 4:56 people are making their own road

@kwunfunglaw2628 8 лет назад

you guys know what happening?Some of them cant leave this city,many of them leave to the edmonton and calgary.

@paulallaway8380 2 года назад

I grew up 100 Beardsley Cres. 80s kids. Fort McMurray Love

@Deleted-hz8si 11 месяцев назад

anyone else see the deer?

@kimdanny9076 Год назад

anybody know exact address of this place? I wanna go check it out on google map.

@MemerTheDreamer-nv9zb 10 месяцев назад

Fort Mcmurray, next time look at the title please

@kimdanny9076 10 месяцев назад

oh I was asking for exact street names. it was weird of me to ask it buts its okay i found it. @@MemerTheDreamer-nv9zb

@grandmama536 8 лет назад

How did the fire start?

@chriscs9080 6 лет назад

farts..

@charleeisnothere3701 4 года назад

chris cs thats not funny

@charleeisnothere3701 4 года назад

Some person thought it would be funny if they started some fires

@blackjapandemon7250 3 года назад

Very beautiful

@cas348 3 года назад

the trauma i developed from it isnt very beautiful

@fazehank5311 3 года назад

@@cas348 true but it still looks cool

@LvtanLevi 4 месяца назад

I don't miss Canada

@scottconner5401 Год назад

Ooo purple fire 🔥 💜

@andrewtague8856 2 года назад

where in god's name was that RV going??? i pray they were OK

@junkerowo 3 года назад

anyone else scared were about to do this all over again

@sleepingfire1305 5 лет назад

Imagine end of the world , it will look worse.

@LittleGreen_Dude Год назад

anyone else notice the deer run across the road?

@chrisbenson5814 Год назад

It was me in the white van the deer fell in front of

@smyatt1 11 месяцев назад

@chrisbenson5814 what a sin! Poor thing.

@bhanes5082 Год назад

give the devil his due

@crushthis123 Год назад

I used to live in a small town called Bethany. It was a thriving community with rail sidings and 4 story hotels for the guests and summer help on the farms. The town burned twice as anyone who read the book The Rolling Hills of Manvers by Emily Car. When i lived there the rail sidings caught fire twice and the whole town showed up to put it out. We built back fires, that's where you burn the vegetation ahead of the fire. In fort MacMurray if they had set fire to the vegetation on the highway they could have stopped or slowed the fire. Don't the new breed of people know this trick , I do its the first time an adult gave me a package of matches and told me to intentionally light a fire. So the fire burns toward the wind and you maintain it so it to dose not be a problem. The fire burns into the wind until it meets the fire and simply goes out for the lack of fuel. WTF were these cowboys thinking I don't know

@TaylorYetto-mc2qc Год назад

Controlled burns is what you’re referring to and they do do them all over these two countries. Canada and US. But I kinda figured everyone has common sense to realize there’s a LOT of forests and it takes a long long long time to get to them all and then by then you’re starting back over at the very first one again. It’s never ending circle.

@mikeright593 8 лет назад

the world......... is in trouble. deep trouble said IAM

@JuanZavaleta 8 лет назад

This is awful, terrible thinking how this is happening...And, despite many years of destruction, nobody will dare to speak up and tell that this town shelters thousands of people like the one being interviewed that has contributed to the destruction of the largest area of Boreal forest in history, turned into an apocalyptic landscape forever... This might be karma I would say and is very unfortunate but we have to face that nature is claiming a payback...

@JuanZavaleta 8 лет назад

+Pehr Hedstrom Oh no, you are getting me wrong all the way. I totally am with you defining what the evangelists said about Katrina as an absolute nonsense, but listen to what is happening in the media and re-read my words, my statement works from a perspective of moral disobedience, we, the human race are playing a foul game against nature,against earth and against ourselves, and that my dear friend, has a cost and has nothing to do with religion. I am an atheist-agnostic sort of guy. and believe me, I live in a 55K people city in Manitoba and when I heard about the possibility of Fort McMurray being obliterated by the fire, I deeply cried. I feel for all those citizens, but some questions must be raised no matter the political correctness or the impact of the moment...

@vancouverislandvideoartviv9143 8 лет назад

+denny loverin I totally hear you there. I have kept mentioning chentrials for a long time, even in my radio talk shows and my channels, but nobody listens, people rather to believe the brainwash crap of msm like CBC...

@Chotric 3 года назад

Round one

@Frogs84 Год назад

Sweet Dee’s wig needs to be thinned.

@dunkinsnow Год назад

5:00 - 5:06 look closely as theirs a dog that passes by and runs into the fire :(

@smyatt1 11 месяцев назад

No, just embers blowing. Phew!

@dunkinsnow 11 месяцев назад

Not to mention the white car slams on his breaks bc the dog is passing the road.@@smyatt1

@marymercer2954 5 лет назад

You will give an account for every word you say, women.

@robertakaskamin1125 2 года назад

They dont say much on how many got out or whats happened since then? I live in Edmonton and I also lost everything

@LemonSoulz Год назад

I live here then and now. two people died in a car accident on the highway during the escape no one in the fire. Since then city is rebuilt and looking better then before but many of the dead burnt tree still remain and as the city is in a valley you can far into the Forrest. stuff has regrown but not on the same level it was.

@abrakadabra9033 3 года назад

As soon as it's out replant trees!!!!!!

@jennifer2233100 8 лет назад

as horrible as it is, its kinda cool to see

@tenderthoughts 8 лет назад

The family photo album, gone.

@stevetazphoto 8 лет назад

+Casey Bowman Sorry to hear that, just be glad that you're alive.

@tenderthoughts 8 лет назад

Oh sorry, a little misleading, I was referring to the family album as something of great value and if that gets burned up,what is the personal loss can't be measured.

@dualsoul7398 3 года назад

Who caused this......a Nero personality-person!!!???

@MemerTheDreamer-nv9zb 10 месяцев назад

Natural wildfires, Alberta has tons of wildfires each year