Then and now: Five years after the Slave Lake fire

For residents of Slave Lake, Alta., the mass evacuation of FortMcMurrayreminds them of the wildfire that devastated their community in 2011.

Five years ago this weekend, 100 km/hwinds pushed a wildfire into the town. Residents wereforced to leave and the fire ended uplevellinga third of the town.

Damages amounted to $700 million.

Slave Lake has rebuiltbut still bears some of the marks of the destruction that occurred.

Move the slider back and forth horizontally to see images of Slave Lake during the fire, and how itlooks in 2016.

• Children still affected five years after Slave Lake fire