Fort McMurray One Year Later

Heat waves are seen as cars and trucks try and get past a wild fire 16km south of Fort McMurray on highway 63 Friday, May 6, 2016. The ferocious wildfire that forced nearly 90,000 to flee Canada's oilsands region and reduced thousands of homes to rubble has been picked as the top news story of 2016 in an annual survey of newsrooms across Canada by The Canadian Press. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward — Heat waves are seen as cars and trucks try and get past a wild fire 16km south of Fort McMurray on highway 63 Friday, May 6, 2016. The ferocious wildfire that forced nearly 90,000 to flee Canada’s oilsands region and reduced thousands of homes to rubble has been picked as the top news story of 2016 in an annual survey of newsrooms across Canada by The Canadian Press. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

The devastating experience for the residents of Fort McMurray began one year ago when they were forced to flee through towering walls of flames while their homes and city as they knew it were at the mercy of a merciless wildfire.

These were unforgettable scenes for all of Canada, and the country reached out by making donations, offering homes and supplies — whatever they could do for those affected by the largest natural disaster in Canadian history.

Here’s a check-in with some residents of Fort McMurray, one year later.

Maclean’s interviewed four evacuees after the fire in Fort McMurray. One year later, they tracked them down to ask about the time that followed and how the fire affected their lives.

Fort McMurray resident Doug Roxburg created this documentary of the events that happened one year ago.