Residents are fleeing the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories ahead of a noon Friday deadline as a wildfire nears the city of 20,000.
Damage from the wildfires is shown on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023 between Enterprise and Kakisa, Northwest Territories, Canada. Thousands of people in eight other communities, have already been forced to evacuate their homes, including the small community of Enterprise, where 80% of the town was destroyed. Officials said everyone made it out alive.
“I want to be clear that the city is not in immediate danger and there’s a safe window for residents to leave the city by road and by air,” Shane Thompson, a government minister for the Territories, told a news conference. “Without rain, it is possible will reach the city outskirts by the weekend.” “It's one of those events where you need to get people out sooner rather than later,” because fire could block the only escape route before ever reaching the community.“With the heavy smoke that will be approaching we encourage all residents to evacuate as soon as possible,” she said.
“I’m really anxious and I’m scared. I’m emotional ... I'm in shock,” she said. “I don’t know what I’m coming home to or if I’m coming home. There’s just so much unknowns here.” Officials said evacuees who can’t find somewhere to stay can get support in three centers in the province of Alberta — the closest was more than 1,000 kilometers by road from Yellowknife.
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