Record-breaking wildfires in Canada are heading toward key population centers in the country’s west, prompting the province of British Columbia to declare a state of emergency and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.
BC Premier David Eby declared the emergency on Friday in order to marshal all available resources to battle the blazes. Authorities had earlier made a similar decree in Kelowna, the largest city in the province’s Okanagan Valley, an idyllic tourist region known for its vineyards, orchards and ski hills.
Meanwhile, the entire population of the Northwest Territories capital of Yellowknife, about 22,000 people, continued to flee with an evacuation deadline set for 12 p.m. local time Friday. Officials for the territory, which declared a state of emergency earlier in the week, said on Friday evening that about 19,000 residents have been cleared from the city.
Flights at Kelowna International Airport were canceled on Friday, after airspace surrounding the area was closed to allow aerial firefighting activity.
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