Convoys, airport lineups: Yellowknife residents leave city as fire creeps closer
The blazes have burned an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island. No deaths have been reported.
Northwest Territories
Evacuation ordered for 20,000 residents of N.W.T. capital as wildfire approaches
The evacuation order issued Wednesday night applies to the city of Yellowknife and neighbouring First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah.
‘Phased evacuation’ ordered for Yellowknife as wildfires continue to advance
By Wednesday evening, all of Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah were told to evacuate by noon Friday.
N.W.T wildfires consume hamlet of Enterprise, leave homes in ashes
Multiple wildfires have been burning throughout the northern territory threatening communities and the highways that connect them.
Firefighters hoping for rain for ‘reprieve’ in battling wildfires in Alberta, N.W.T.
More than 20,000 square kilometres have burned, an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island.
Lightning-caused wildfires spark evacuations in parts of N.W.T.
Video courtesy: Jorja Mulder Raging wildfires in the Northwest Territories are causing immediate emergency evacuations…
Wildfires close evacuation routes out of NWT towns, some being transported by air
An evacuation order was issued for residents in Hay River, NWT, earlier in the day, due to the risk of a wildfire that was approximately 60 km away at the time.
Old Crow residents flee to Whitehorse ahead of wildfire
Inuvik living with thick smoke, braces for approaching wildfires.
N.W.T. confirms anthrax outbreak in Slave River Lowlands bison
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