The Beacon Hill (click here) neighborhood of Fort McMurray on Friday, where the wildfire had demolished hundreds of homes and vehicles. 

That is an incredible picture. There are still pines standing in the background while the neighborhood is severely burned to the ground.

In the picture below there are some pines different from the ones to the left. Those pines do tend survive fires because there pine leaves are in the canopy and not low to the ground. There is also pine cones that were open with this fire. But, the heat was really intense. There is white ash everywhere. 

Tyler Hicks was able to take this picture of "The forest along a highway in Fort McMurray." 

I would not recommend a visit to the site. Obviously Tyler Hicks knows what he is doing. The thing is that level of heat will provide dangers people won't expect. There is nothing to say those trees are going to stay standing. The ash can be kicked up into fine dust by simply walking through the area. It will effect the lungs.