The battle to contain a huge wildfire in Canada could have reached a turning point.

Drizzle has started to fall in Alberta, and favourable winds have turned the fires advance away from the city of Fort McMurray.

Officials have managed to get into some of the areas hit by the blaze for the first time - it's thought between 10 and 15 per cent of the city has been destroyed.

Wildfire manager Chad Morrison says the operation's becoming a lot more manageable: