Out-of-control wildfire burns through part of northern Canada

A wildfire has raged across at least 163,000 hectares (400,000 acres) of Canada’s Northern Territories. More than 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the province’s capital, were ordered to evacuate their properties. Canada has had its worst wildfire season on record, with more than 1,000 fires burning across the country Yellowknife wildfire: traffic clogs road out of town as residents race to evacuate
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