Residents are heeding warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as a wildfire burns toward the city of 20,000.
Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as a massive wildfire burned toward the city of 20,000, while firefighters on Friday battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze in a city in British Columbia.
Even so, "we've got the wrong kind of wind coming" from the west and northwest and no rain in the forecast, Westwick warned. "It's kind of like having a pint at the end of the world," said Kieron Testart, who went door-to-door in the nearby First Nation communities of Dettah and NDilo to check on people. Indigenous communities have been hit hard by the wildfires, which threaten important cultural activities such as hunting, fishing and gathering native plants.
"There were a number of risks taken to save lives and property last night," Brolund said at a news conference, describing how first responders had to rescue people who jumped into a lake to avoid the flames. "It didn't have to be that way." Alice Liske left Yellowknife by road with her six kids earlier this week because the air quality was so bad. She worried about how so many people would flee the city in such a short time.Canada has seen a record number of wildfires this year - contributing to choking smoke in parts of the U.S. - with more than 5,700 fires burning more than 137,000 square kilometers from one end of Canada to the other, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
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