Vasi walked into the kitchen just as his mom was hanging up the phone.  "Was that Aunt Sonya you were talking to Mom?" he asked.  She nodded, "Yes, it was.  She and the kids are in Athabasca.  It's no picnic but at least they're safe."  "That's a relief," said Vasi putting his arm around his mom's shoulders.  "I know you couldn't relax until you knew they were all miles away from the fires."  His mom smiled for the first time in days. "I know Vasi,  But the fires are spreading so fast because of the winds that I couldn't stop worrying.  I was afraid they wouldn't get away in time.  But they were evacuated to Athabasca the other night and now they are living in a recreation centre there until things settle down."  "That must be weird," said Vasi.  "When can they go back home?"  "I'm not sure," his mom replied.  "They haven't been allowing people to go home because the town is in pretty bad shape even though they are getting the fires under control.  In some areas there is no electricity or water.  And some people will have no home to go home to anyway."  "I know," said "Vasi sadly.  "I heard that about a third of the buildings in Slave Lake have been destroyed.  That will leave a lot of people homeless."  Warm, dry weather and high winds have caused wildfires to burn out of control in the town of Slave Lake.  Slave Lake is a town of about 7,000 people in northern Alberta.  Alberta is one of the prairie provinces in western Canada.  While the wildfires raged the strong winds and smoke made it difficult for the pilots to fly water bombers into the area.  Hundreds of people were evacuated to nearby communities until the danger was over.  All kinds of makeshift arrangements were made to accommodate hundreds of people who had to leave their homes so suddenly.  Some are living with friends and family.  Others are living in temporary shelters like the sports complex in Athabasca and others are living in campers or even their cars.  And 200 firefighters were flown from the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario to help put out the fires.  And even when it is safe to return to Slave Lake many unfortunate people will not have homes to return to.