Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days and the first flight back to the territorial capital arrived Wednesday morning
Vehicles line up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days as a three-week evacuation order is set to lift at noon.YELLOWKNIFE — An evacuation order has been lifted for Yellowknife three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city’s 20,000 residents out of their homes.
The order for the capital of the Northwest Territories, which also included the First Nation communities of Dettah and N’Dilo, was downgraded Wednesday to an evacuation alert. The fire was considered held, meaning it wasn’t expected to grow under current conditions.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYUnlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.
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