Large blazes in the Northwest Territories have forced evacuations and military deployments.
“The decision to declare a territory-wide State of Emergency allows the Government of the Northwest Territories and our partners to access and deploy resources so that we can continue our work to protect residents and communities,” Shane Thompson, provincial minister of environment and climate change, said in a news release. “We find ourselves in a crisis situation, and our government is using every tool available to assist.
. Local reports indicate that 90 percent of the hamlet was destroyed as fire ripped through the area just north of the border with Alberta., the BBC reported.The fires have generated enormous amounts of smoke, some of which has poured into the Lower 48 states at times. On Wednesday, unhealthy to hazardous air quality is mainly concentrated in fires in western Canada, as well as parts of Ontario and Quebec.
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