KELOWNA: Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate on Saturday (Aug 19) as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas - separate blazes that have sent tens of thousands fleeing over the course of just days. The devastating fires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories are
KELOWNA: Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate on Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas - separate blazes that have sent tens of thousands fleeing over the course of just days.
The city, home to some 20,000, was largely a ghost town following the largest ever evacuation from the region. Blazes have already destroyed several properties in West Kelowna, separated by Okanagan Lake from its larger, eponymous neighbor. Those crews were remaining to erect defenses from the flames, while water bombers have been seen flying low over the city, with the Canadian military also helping out.
Several towns and Indigenous communities were evacuated earlier. The exodus from Yellowknife means half the population of the near-Arctic territory has been displaced."I'm okay, but I feel sad and depressed and worried. I never saw something like this," the 59-year-old Inuit retiree told AFP.
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