As officials in the Northwest Territories urge residents to leave its capital due to a nearby wildfire, visitors in Ottawa are anxiously watching the situation unfold in Yellowknife.
"The water bomber going over our house; apparently, it has been happening quite a bit," Laura Gavel said while looking at photos from Yellowknife.
There are 236 fires burning in the Northwest Territories, and a wildfire is approximately 15 km from Yellowknife Friday morning. The Behchoko/Yellowknife fire is reported to be 166,000 hectares in size. "Mother Nature is in charge here, and we're just doing our best to work around her," Dr. Howard said about the temporary highway and airport closures in Yellowknife due to the wildfire smoke. She was waiting from work for her sister about a possible flight out of Yellowknife."People are travelling, from what I hear from my friends and family, in convoys," Howard told CTV News Ottawa.
Ollie Williams of Cabin Radio Yellowknife says the "smoke was intense" during his drive from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories.
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