Entire City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Ordered to Evacuate as Wildfire Approaches

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Entire City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Ordered to Evacuate as Wildfire Approaches
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'We're all tired of the word unprecedented, yet there is no other way to describe this situation in the Northwest Territories,' said a province official.

Entire Canadian City of Yellowknife Ordered to Evacuate as Wildfire Approaches

"We're all tired of the word unprecedented, yet there is no other way to describe this situation in the Northwest Territories," said a province official.Nearly 22,000 residents of Yellowknife—the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories—and the surrounding area were rushing to flee their homes on Thursday under an evacuation order, as wildfires posed what the province's environment minister said was a "real threat to the city.

The closest blaze was about 11 miles from Yellowknife as of Wednesday and fire information officer Mike Westwick told reporters at a news conference Wednesday evening that the fire could reach the outskirts of the city by the weekend.the public that with the fire threatening both air and road travel in the coming days, "the window of opportunity right now is going to allow us to evacuate everybody safely.

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