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.
The blazes have burned an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island. No deaths have been reported.
The evacuation order issued Wednesday night applies to the city of Yellowknife and neighbouring First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah.
By Wednesday evening, all of Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah were told to evacuate by noon Friday.
Multiple wildfires have been burning throughout the northern territory threatening communities and the highways that connect them.
More than 20,000 square kilometres have burned, an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island.
Video courtesy: Jorja Mulder Raging wildfires in the Northwest Territories are causing immediate emergency evacuations…
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.
Inuvik living with thick smoke, braces for approaching wildfires.
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