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Evacuation ordered as fires rage in northwest Canada
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0:58Now PlayingCanadian officials ordered the evacuation of the Northwest Territories' capital of Yellowknife and several smaller communities on Wednesday (August 16) as a massive wildfire threatened the town of Hay River overnight. So far no deaths have been reported from the Yellowknife fire but several structures have been destroyed.
Yellowknife has a population of around 20,000 people and lies 250 miles (400 km) south of the Arctic circle.
Canada is enduring its worst wildfire season with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country, including 230 in the Northwest Territories.
Thousands of residents of the sparsely populated territory have already fled smaller communities and the hamlet of Enterprise near the Alberta border was almost entirely destroyed by a blaze that swept through on Sunday (August 13).
#canada #wildfires #yellowknife
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