Screeching winds, choking smoke, a wall of flame rising 600 feet into the air: this is the story of a wildfire that came to be known as "The Beast," one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history. The forest fire descended on the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, forcing 88,000 people out of their homes and scrambling for their lives. Hear the gut-wrenching stories of people desperate to escape the path of the fire, along with the accounts of those who fought the flames.

Screeching winds, choking smoke, a wall of flame rising 600 feet into the air: this is the story of a wildfire that came to be known as "The Beast," one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history. The forest fire descended on the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, forcing 88,000 people out of their homes and scrambling for their lives. Hear the gut-wrenching stories of people desperate to escape the path of the fire, along with the accounts of those who fought the flames.