Convoy carries another 7K stranded people south through Fort McMurray
Between Friday and Saturday, more than 14K were moved from north of the oil and gas community
The sign for the Super 8 motel stands alone, amidst a pile of rubble.
It's a motel that used to house hundreds of oilfield workers that would make their way up to Fort McMurray, Alta. Beside it runs Highway 63, where the big trucks once drove north or south.
Saturday, thousands of evacuees made an orderly procession on that highway, journeying south from the work camps they had been stranded at for days.
When evacuations began Tuesday, residents had a choice to make.
South to Edmonton or north to the work camps?
Many, about 25,000, chose or were forced by the flames to go north.
They were effectively stranded there until Friday.
Over Friday and Saturday, more than 14,500 people made the procession south, driving past the sign for a now non-existent hotel.
"My heart was breaking," said Marisa Heath, one of those in Friday's convoy.
"It was nothing but burnt everywhere. It was devastating to see it."
Tasti Abubaker, a 25-year-old heavy duty operator, drove by the Super 8 when it was in flames.
"We saw flames in the distance and we couldn't tell what it was but as we were passing [the Super 8], boom, the roof caved in," said Abubaker.
"There was no more roof, the roof was gone. You would look at what was still standing and all you saw was flames."