Wildfires rage in Canada as thousands of people evacuate cities

People living in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, have rushed to leave the city before an out-of-control wildfire reaches it. Officials gave the city’s 20,000 residents a mandatory evacuation warning.
There were 236 fires burning across the territory, with the four closest to Yellowknife, in the North Slave region, having burned through 447,978 hectares
Yellowknife wildfire: traffic clogs road out of town as residents race to evacuate