Limerick doctor braves ‘apocalyptic’ flames to rescue family from Alberta wildfires

A Limerick doctor working in the Canadian city ravaged by Alberta’s wildfires has told of the devastation caused by the blaze now raging over an area bigger than New York city.

GP John O’Connor said he found it hard to explain the ferocity and speed with which the flames spread to Fort McMurray.

“The fire is indescribable — the size of it and what it’s done,” he said.