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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.
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. [48] There was a brief evacuation of about 150 homes outside Grand Forks on September 25 due to a fire in bordering Washington. [49] On September 29, an out-of-control fire near Christina Lake similarly forced the evacuation of 42 homes and about 84 for several ...
Northwest Territories also hit by latest outbreak of drought-inspired summer blazes
(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 tz database partitions the world into regions where local clocks all show the same time. This map was made by combining version 2023d with OpenStreetMap data, using open source software. [1] This is a list of time zones from release 2025a of the tz database. [2]
Canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuation orders in a scenic region of British Columbia, with the prospect of better weather raising hopes for the battle to contain wildfires, authorities ...
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.