National Post | Can oil sands catch fire? No, if they could they would have burned centuries ago National Post Surging fires have already claimed swaths of Fort McMurray, and by mid-week they began to advance on the region's oil operations. On Thursday, the Hangingstone Project, a relatively small oil operation, was forced to shut down and evacuate due to the ... Ravaged by fires and oil bust, Fort McMurray ponders what's next Athabasca Oil evacuates Hangingstone project as fire nears |