Canada city residents told to flee as fires advance

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 18, 2023 12:08 am

OTTAWA: Residents of one of the largest cities in Canada's far north were ordered on Wednesday to flee amid warnings that raging wildfires could reach it by this weekend.

The crisis in the city of Yellowknife is the newest chapter of a terrible summer for wildfires in Canada, as flames spread quickly across the North American country, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and charring large swathes of land.

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