O=C=O on Nostr: #Yellowknife wildfire: traffic clogs road out of town as residents race to evacuate ...
#Yellowknife wildfire: traffic clogs road out of town as residents race to evacuate
More than 20,000 residents given until noon on Friday to leave home in face of advancing #wildfire.
“The reality is we’ve been fighting this fire for over a month. This fire has burned deep, this fire has burned hot, and it has found ways through multiple different sets of established [control] lines,” said the #NorthwestTerritories fire information officer Mike Westwick.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/yellowknife-wildfire-canada-evacuation
More than 20,000 residents given until noon on Friday to leave home in face of advancing #wildfire.
“The reality is we’ve been fighting this fire for over a month. This fire has burned deep, this fire has burned hot, and it has found ways through multiple different sets of established [control] lines,” said the #NorthwestTerritories fire information officer Mike Westwick.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/yellowknife-wildfire-canada-evacuation