KELOWNA (Canada), Aug 19 — Wildfires on Friday bore down on Kelowna in western Canada — a city of 150,000 — while efforts to clear Yellowknife in the far north turned it into...
KELOWNA , Aug 19 — Wildfires on Friday bore down on Kelowna in western Canada — a city of 150,000 — while efforts to clear Yellowknife in the far north turned it into a ghost town as scorching flames burned ever closer.
“We fought hard last night to protect our community,” West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund told a briefing on Friday. Nearly 2,500 homes and businesses on Kelowna’s west side were ordered evacuated late Thursday, while another 4,800 were advised to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice.The emptying of Yellowknife continued in the far north, meanwhile, with cars snaking along the lone highway connecting the remote capital of the Northwest Territories to southern Alberta province ahead of a 12:00pm deadline.
The stragglers, he said, were mostly essential workers “building fire breaks and working with airlines .” Several military aircraft have already been dispatched, along with more than 120 soldiers to help beat back the flames. The flight from Yellowknife means half the population of the near-Arctic territory has been displaced.Record-setting wildfire season
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