Communities spring into action to help N.W.T. wildfire evacuees
Communities receiving Northwest Territories residents fleeing wildfires are springing into action to help, whether it’s…
Communities receiving Northwest Territories residents fleeing wildfires are springing into action to help, whether it’s…
Central Okanagan Emergency Operations ordered the evacuation of close to a thousand homes, representing about 2,500 people, with thousands of other properties placed on alert and residents warned to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice.
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.
Evacuations have been ordered for Fort Smith, Enterprise, Jean Marie River and Hay River. People displaced by the fires are relocating to temporary shelters set up as far south as Calgary.
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…