OTTAWA: Residents of one of the largest cities in Canada's far north were ordered Wednesday to flee amid warnings that raging wildfires could reach it by the weekend.
The crisis in the town of Yellowknife is the newest chapter of a terrible summer for wildfires in Canada, as flames spread quickly across the country, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and charring large swathes of land.More than 1,000 wildfires are currently burning across the vast country, including about 230 in the Northwest Territories, in Canada's taste of a very hot and destructive summer in much of the Northern Hemisphere.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that Ottawa would 'assist however we can.'The wildfire as of late Wednesday was within 17 kilometers of Yellowknife, which is the regional capital.'I want to stress that the city is not in immediate danger,' Thompson said.But he added: 'Without rain, it is possible will reach the city outskirts by the weekend.''You put yourself and others at risk if you choose to stay later,' he said.
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