Canada's Fourth Largest Emergency Evacuation Underway As Wildfires Spread
Canada's Fourth Largest Emergency Evacuation Underway As Wildfires Spread Residents in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories -- home to about 20,000, were forced to flee their homes as a wildfire is within ten miles of the city's northern edge. Another emergency order was posted for the 150,000 people that live in Kelowna, the largest city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. BBC News reported Yellowknife's emergency evacuation is the fourth largest in Canada's history: Some 20,000 people are currently making their way out of Yellowknife, fleeing a wildfire that...