Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access. The evacuation of Yellowknife was ordered late Wednesday and sprinklers, water cannons and fire guards are being set up to protect the city of 20,000 people. At the same time a fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the provincial wildfire season. Thousands of people have been placed on evacuation alert in the Okanagan city, while about 800 properties have been placed on evacuation order because of the McDougall Creek wildfire.
Beatrice Bernhardt, Yellowknife resident since 2013, in front of the makeshift evacuee service centre set up for wildfire evacuees from Yellowknife in Calgary Airport.Resident takes a photo from downtown Kelowna, B.C., of the McDougall Creek wildfire burning.A person stands in Okanagan Lake near downtown Kelowna, B.C.
, as the McDougall Creek wildfire burns.Woman and her dog watching the wildfire from downtown Kelowna, B.C.A group of people watch from downtown Kelowna, B.C., as the McDougall Creek wildfire burns.People watch from downtown Kelowna, B.C., as the McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills above.A person watches smoke from McDougall Creek wildfire downtown Kelowna, B.C.
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