As the wildfires continue to ravage Fort McMurray, one former Humboldt woman is on her way out.

Humboldt Mayor Malcolm Eaton's daughter, Tristan Schindlbeck now calls the northern Alberta city home but now she is fleeing it towards Calgary.

She said about noon Tuesday the evacuation became reality.

"People started trying to get with their loved ones," she told us from the side of the highway Wednesday afternoon. "The mall was shut down, your non-essential staff from places of business were sent home to be with their kids and get them picked up from school and get ready."

For Schindlbeck, her home is located in the Timberlea area of the city which at last report had around 80,000 residents. They were the last neighbourhood to be told to leave, that was at about 6:20 Tuesday evening. Carol, Schindlbeck's mother is with her, her husband is working in the oil sands north of Fort McMurray. She said Suncor flew their workers out to make room for the up to a reported 88,000 people who have been evacuated.

Schindlbeck and Eaton slept at a camp north of Fort McMurray Tuesday night, they went back through the city Wednesday morning and are now headed to the Eaton's other daughter's home in Calgary.

"You are in traffic, you can't get around, you can't go around, there is only one way you can go," she described of the escape. "You can see the smoke and the sort of red-orange tinge smoke coming closer, closer and closer."

"We just had to be patient."

When we talked to Schindlbeck she had made it to an hour north of Edmonton so she is safe along with her mother but now it's the horrifying thought of having nothing to return home to.

"Some of the houses that were lost Tuesday night on McKinley Crescent are maybe two blocks from my house. We're just sort of waiting, scrolling social media to see if that area is effected."

Over 1,600 building have been destroyed by the blaze that is still out of control. Officials believe more of the city will be scorched Wednesday, a reprieve of rain may come on Friday.

You can hear much more from Schindlbeck below in her interview with Bolt FM's Clark Stork.

Smoke and flames shoot from behind the homes in Schindlbeck's Fort McMurray neighbourhood.

The Centennial Trailer Park in the south end of Fort McMurray has been destroyed.

Another view of the torched trailer park.

This was taken at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon looking towards Abasand.

Schindlbeck and Carol Eaton's view as they headed south to Edmonton on Wednesday morning.