Fort McMurray in photos, in the year since the wildfires

The massive forest fires that engulfed much of Fort McMurrayin early May 2016 caused the evacuation of 80,000 residents and destroyed nearly1,600 buildings.

One year later, the rebuilding continues.Here's a closer look at how the landscape has changed.

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This Super 8 Hotel, photographed on May 9, 2016, was located just northof the Centennial Trailer Park on Highway 63. Itwas oneof the first buildings to burn, as it wasaround here that the fire entered town.(RyanRemiorz/Canadian Press)

The new hotel is being rebuilt just north of its original location.(MichaelDrapack/CBC)

A view of theAbasandregion on May 13, 2016. (Jason Franson/Canadian Press)

Abasandnow. (Michael Drapack/CBC)

Anthony Hoffman spent days fighting the fire in early May 2016. At one point, when it had eased a bit, Hoffmanwent to his childhood home on Beacon Hill Driveto discover ithad burned down. (Anthony Hoffman)

Hoffman in the same location in April 2017.(MichaelDrapack/CBC)

TheBeacon Hill subdivision, likeAbasand, has onlyoneway in and out and this is it. This photo was taken May 9, 2016. (RyanRemiorz/Canadian Press)

The Beacon Hill neighbourhood continues to rebuild, as seen in this photo fromApril 11, 2017.(MichaelDrapack/CBC)

The Waterways area as seen fromacross theHangingstoneRiver on June 1, 2016 wasone of the hardest-hit areas of the city. Ninety per centof homes were destroyed. (Codie McLachlan/Canadian Press)

This photo of Waterways was taken April 13, 2017.Residents here needed another level of authorization from the province in order to rebuild, as the subdivision sits on a floodplain.(MichaelDrapack/CBC)

Farid El-Hayouni surveys what is left of his house on Prospect Drive in Timberlea on June 3, 2016. That's his son's bike on the ground. (Brian J. Gavriloff/Canadian Press)

There has been a lot of construction in Prospect Drive, but none for El-Hayouni, as shown in this photo from April 12, 2017. His lot is just to the left of this open section of the fence line and has so far been untouched by redevelopment. (Michael Drapack/CBC)