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(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 ...
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. The order ...
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.
On the evening of August 16, evacuation orders were issued for Yellowknife, N’dilo, Dettah, and Ingraham Trail, affecting an estimated 22,000 people. [79] On August 19, 87% of Yellowknife was evacuated by 6:58 am (ET), with only 2,600 of the original 20,000 remaining, 1,000 of which were essential workers. [139]
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 [a] is the capital, largest community, and the only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
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.
The wildfire forced the evacuation of West Kelowna and parts of Kelowna. Overall, at least 35,000 people were under evacuation orders and another 30,000 under evacuation alerts, as of August 19. [2] [3] The wildfire was being fueled by constant wind and extreme drought conditions. The wildfire was estimated to be at >13,500 hectares in size.