KELOWNA, Canada - Officials in western Canada's British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed warnings and evacuate Saturday as 'severe and fast changing' wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan Valley, including the city of Kelowna.
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023, as seen from Kelowna.
"We cannot stress strongly enough how critical it is to follow evacuation orders when they are issued," Ma said at an afternoon news conference. Blazes far away in the neighboring Northwest Territories have meanwhile prompted the evacuation of regional capital Yellowknife, leaving the remote city of some 20,000 largely a ghost town.
Several towns and Indigenous communities were evacuated earlier. The exodus from Yellowknife means half the population of the near-Arctic territory has been displaced.
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