Thousands flee as ‘unprecedented’ fires hit Canada’s Northwest Territories

Officials say 20,000 residents of Yellowknife are leaving via land and air, but the northern city is not in ‘immediate danger’. Canadians have crammed into a local airport and lined up along a major highway out of the Northwest Territories to escape approaching wildfires, a day after authorities warned the blazes were moving closer to the territory’s capital and largest city, Yellowknife. The Canadian government said Prime Justin Trudeau Minister will convene an emergency committee, known as the Incident Response Group, on Thursday to discuss the wildfires – the latest...