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Thousands Evacuating Capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as Over 200 Wildfires Threaten Region

Residents of Yellowknife, home to about 20,000, were ordered to evacuate their homes by noon on Friday Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at ...
NBC Connecticut

Thousands scramble to evacuate in Canada as unprecedented wave of wildfires rage

The capital of Canada's Northwest Territories was virtually deserted after nearly all the residents of the city of just over 20,000 fled as a huge wildfire burned nearby. To the south, in British ...

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NBC Bay Area

Thousands flee as wildfire approaches capital of Canada's Northwest Territories

Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others waiting in long lines for ...
NPR

Wildfires prompt evacuations of capital of Canada's Northwest Territories

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories — Residents in the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people. People in the ...
KITV

The entire capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories has been ordered to evacuate as hundreds of wildfires scorch the region, officials say

(CNN) — Hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada’s Northwest Territories have prompted emergency declarations and the evacuation of the capital city of Yellowknife by road and air.
Seattle Times

City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a large wildfire burned just outside the city of 20,000 Friday, while ...
KRDO

A town ‘built by industry’ adjusts to life as the liquefied natural gas capital of Canada

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Los Angeles Times

Residents flee, airlifts begin as wildfire approaches capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

YELLOWKNIFE, Canada — Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others waiting ...
Orange County Register

Yellowknife empties as thousands flee wildfire nearing capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a wildfire burned toward the city of 20,000, while firefighters on Friday battled a ...
CBS News

Wildfire nears capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as thousands flee

A wildfire was moving closer the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories Friday as residents fled, rushing to beat a noon deadline to evacuate the city of 20,000. Half of the population in the ...