Canada fires: Residents flee far-north city by road, air
By DW
20 August 2023 |
4:26 am
Firefighters are working to keep open the only highway out of Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, as wildfires approach. Canada currently has more than a thousand active fires.
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