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An evacuation order was lifted for the northern Canadian city of Yellowknife on Wednesday, three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city’s 20,000 residents out of their homes.
(Reuters) -Canadian fire crews on Thursday battled to prevent wildfires from reaching the northern city of Yellowknife, where all 20,000 residents are leaving by car and plane after an evacuation ...
The fire prompted evacuation orders and even airlift plans for thousands of people. Officials issued evacuation orders for Yellowknife and the nearby First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah.
Fourteen properties in Baynes Lake in the southeast were evacuated on September 9. [47] There was a brief evacuation of about 150 homes outside Grand Forks on September 25 due to a fire in bordering Washington. [48] On September 29, an out-of-control fire near Christina Lake similarly forced the evacuation of 42 homes and about 84 for several ...
Yellowknife evacuation Surprisingly I haven't seen an article or anything serious on Wikipedia about the evacuations in Yellowknife. The closest thing to the evacuation info that I found on wiki was on the official Yellowknife page, I think a part of the article should be made to address the evacuation, possibly a big section.
Yellowknife from Back Bay. In the 1930s, the area was home to a number of prospectors. The following year, Johnny Baker returned as part of a larger crew to develop the previous gold finds and search for more. Gold was found on the east side of Yellowknife Bay in 1934 and the short-lived Burwash Mine was developed.
Thursday's evacuation of Yellowknife was by far the largest so far this year, said Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and fire chief in Red Deer, Alberta.
Yellowknife Fire Division is a full-time fire department located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada with full-time firefighters. [3] The department was established in February 1943. [ 1 ] Their staff consists of a fire chief, two deputy chiefs, and thirty-six full-time members, composed of four captains, four lieutenants and twenty ...