Yellowknife residents were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people.
Hay River, N.W.T. fire evacuees Tanisha Edison and her boyfriend Mason Bruneau go through their belongings at the evacuee center in St. Albert, Alberta, on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.
People in the four areas of Yellowknife at highest risk should leave as soon as possible and residents in other areas have until noon Friday to leave, the Northwest Territories government said. The fire was burning about 10 miles outside the city. “Without rain, it is possible it will reach the city outskirts by the weekend,” Thompson said.
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